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Recyclable Polymers: A New Class of Renewable Thermoplastics with Extraordinary Performance from Nanostructured Lignin‐Elastomers (Adv. Funct. Mater. 16/2016)
Author(s) -
Tran Chau D.,
Chen Jihua,
Keum Jong K.,
Naskar Amit K.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201670101
Subject(s) - materials science , elastomer , thermoplastic elastomer , lignin , composite material , biomass (ecology) , renewable energy , polymer , thermoplastic , natural rubber , nanoscopic scale , polymer science , nanotechnology , copolymer , organic chemistry , chemistry , oceanography , engineering , electrical engineering , geology
A. K. Naskar and co‐workers introduce novel and powerful method for synthesizing a new class of high‐performance renewable thermoplastic elastomers on page 2677. By introducing nanoscale‐dispersed lignin) into nitrile rubber the material's morphology and performance can be tuned with temperature‐controlled mixing. This new class of elastomers exhibit unprecedented yield stress and strain harden at large deformation, and have potential insustainable products from biomass‐based industries.