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Biobased thermosetting resins composed of L ‐lysine methyl ester and bismaleimide
Author(s) -
Ozawa Yuta,
Shibata Mitsuhiro
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.40379
Subject(s) - maleimide , prepolymer , thermosetting polymer , polymer chemistry , nuclear chemistry , triethylamine , materials science , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , glass transition , biodegradation , dynamic mechanical analysis , chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer , chemical engineering , polyurethane , engineering
Lysine methyl ester (LME), which was generated in situ by the reaction of lysine methyl ester dihydrochloride and triethylamine in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), was prepolymerized with 4,4′‐bismaleimidodiphenylmethane (BMI) at 80°C for 2 h in DMSO. Then, the formed prepolymer was precipitated in water. The obtained LME/BMI prepolymers with molar ratios of 2:2, 2:3, and 2:4 were compression‐molded at a final temperature of 230°C for 2 h to produce cured lysine methyl ester/4,4′‐bismaleimidodiphenylmethane resins (cLBs; cLB22, cLB23, and cLB24, respectively). Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) analyses revealed that the Michael addition reaction of amino groups to the CC bonds of the maleimide group occurred in addition to the homopolymerization of the maleimide group. The glass‐transition temperature ( T g ) and 5% weight loss temperature ( T 5 ) of the cured resin increased with increasing BMI feed content, and cLB24 showed the highest T g (343°C) and T 5 (389°C). The flexural strengths (131–150 MPa) and moduli (3.0–3.6 GPa) of the cLBs were comparable to those of the conventionally cured resins of BMI and 4,4′‐diaminodiphenylmethane. Field emission scanning electron microscopy analysis revealed that there was no phase separation for all of the cured resins. Although cLB23 and cLB24 were not biodegradable, cLB22 had a biodegradability of 8.5% after 30 days in an aerobic aqueous medium containing activated sludge. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2014 , 131 , 40379.