Tough Bioplastics from Babassu Oil-Based Acrylic Monomer, Hemicellulose Xylan, and Carnauba Wax

Polunin, Yehor; Kirianchuk, Vasylyna; Mhesn, Najah; Wei, Liying; Minko, Sergiy; Luzinov, Igor; Voronov, Аndriy

doi:10.3390/ijms24076103

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“…Galactose is also a six-carbon sugar that is commonly found in galactans, a type of hemicellulose that is abundant in legumes. [82][83][84]…”

Section: Hemicellulosementioning

confidence: 99%

Polysaccharides based biopolymers for biomedical applications: A review

Jabeen,

Atif

2023

Polymers for Advanced Techs

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Polysaccharides are a class of natural biopolymers that have attracted significant attention due to their unique properties, which make them attractive for use in a wide range of applications. These biopolymers have an important role in our daily life, and designing biomaterials for biomedical applications requires careful consideration of factors such as biocompatibility, biodegradability, renewability, affordability, and availability, all of which can be achieved with polysaccharides. This review paper focuses on the use of polysaccharides in biomedical applications and provides an in‐depth analysis of the potential applications of arabinoxylan, a type of hemicellulose, in various fields, including drug delivery, infection control, tissue engineering, wound healing, and others. Arabinoxylan, which is derived from plants, is the most abundant and important class of hemicellulose and has a diverse role as a catalyst due to its biodegradability, biocompatibility, and renewable nature. Polysaccharide‐based biopolymers have applications in tissue engineering, wound covers, drug delivery systems, food preservation, and biocomposite films, making them an emerging excipient in pharmaceutical research. This review paper highlights the potential of polysaccharide‐based biopolymers in biomedical science and suggests that continued research and development will lead to broader and more innovative applications in the field. The use of polysaccharide‐based biopolymers has the potential to significantly advance healthcare and improve patient outcomes.

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“…Galactose is also a six-carbon sugar that is commonly found in galactans, a type of hemicellulose that is abundant in legumes. [82][83][84]…”

Section: Hemicellulosementioning

confidence: 99%

Polysaccharides based biopolymers for biomedical applications: A review

Jabeen,

Atif

2023

Polymers for Advanced Techs

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“…We previously reported a synthetic methodology that converts fatty acid esters of plant/vegetable oils into biobased acrylic monomers for free radical polymerization. ,− It was established that fragments of plant oil-based acrylic monomers (including those made from high oleic soybean oil), incorporated in macromolecules, significantly impacted the thermomechanical properties of the resulting copolymers by decreasing their glass transition temperature ( T g ), modulus, tensile stress, and hardness, while increasing material toughness and strain at break. ,,, Thus, the presence of such constituents in the copolymer structure provides internal plasticization effects, making the resulting materials more environmentally friendly compared to those containing conventional synthetic low molecular plasticizers migrating out of the polymer matrices and polluting the environment …”

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Plasticization of Polystyrene with Copolymers Based on High Oleic Soybean Acrylic Monomer

Mhesn,

Demchuk,

Polunin

et al. 2024

ACS Appl. Polym. Mater.

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In this work, high oleic soybean oil was used to synthesize an acrylic monomer (HOSBM), which was copolymerized with myrcene and styrene at a 90:10 wt/wt feed ratio to obtain copolymers containing myrcene (HOSBM-M) and styrene (HOSBM-S). These copolymers were employed here as macromolecular plasticizers to modify the brittle nature of polystyrene (PS). Specifically, the soy-based copolymers were added to commodity polystyrene at 5–20 wt %, and the copolymer effect on the polymer blends’ structure and behavior was studied. We report on the blends’ morphology and thermal/mechanical properties and employ thermodynamic and mechanical models to understand the interactions between the PS matrix and the HOSBM copolymer dispersed phase. Microscopy indicated that the mixed materials have a phase-separated structure composed of the PS-based matrix and the copolymer-based dispersed phase. Our thermodynamic estimations and measurement of the thermal transitions showed that the blends are partially miscible, where a fraction of PS chains migrated into the dispersed phase and the copolymer was partially situated in the PS matrix. Therefore, HOSBM-M and HOSBM-S plasticize the PS matrix, decreasing the glass transition temperature and moduli. The mechanical properties of the blends depicted a trade-off between the flexural modulus, strength, and toughness. Although the PS/HOSBM-S blends showed decreased storage/flexural moduli and strength compared to neat PS, the decline was significantly lower than that demonstrated by the HOSBM-M blends. Moreover, adding the HOSBM-S copolymer to PS at 10–15 wt % loading enhances the material’s extensibility compared to pure PS. The trend in the toughness values shows that the optimal HOSBM-S loading is 10 wt % to obtain materials with the best middle ground between flexural modulus, strength, extensibility, and toughness.

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