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- Title
Hydrolytic degradation of biobased poly(butylene succinate- co-furandicarboxylate) and poly(butylene adipate- co-furandicarboxylate) copolyesters under mild conditions.
- Authors
Peng, Shuangbao; Wu, BinShuang; Wu, Linbo; Li, Bo‐Geng; Dubois, Philippe
- Abstract
ABSTRACT It is indispensable to investigate hydrolytic degradation behavior to develop novel (bio)degradable polyesters. Biobased and biodegradable copolyesters poly(butylene adipate- co-butylene furandicarboxylate) (PBAF) and poly(butylene succinate- co-butylene furandicarboxylate) (PBSF) with BF molar fraction (ϕBF) between 40 and 60% were synthesized in this study. The hydrolytic degradation of film samples was conducted in a pH 7.0 PBS buffer solution at 25 °C. Slight mass loss (1-2%) but significant decrease in intrinsic viscosity (35-44%) was observed after 22 weeks. The apparent hydrolytic degradation rate decreased with increasing ϕBF and initial crystallinity. Meanwhile, PBAFs degraded slightly faster than PBSFs with the same composition. The ϕBF and crystallinity increased slowly with degradation time, suggesting the aliphatic moiety and the amorphous region are more susceptible to hydrolysis. And high enough tensile properties were retained after hydrolysis degradation, indicating PBAF and PBSF copolyesters are hydrolytically degradable, with tunable hydrolytic degradation rate and good balance between hydrolytic degradability and durability. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2017, 134, 44674.
- Subjects
CRYSTALLINITY; COPOLYESTER elastomers; THERMOPLASTIC elastomers; VISCOSITY; TENSILE strength; HYDROLYSIS
- Publication
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2017, Vol 134, Issue 15, pn/a
- ISSN
0021-8995
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/app.44674