West Pomeranian University of Technology
With an ever-growing global population and limited natural resources, the need for a circular economy and closed-loop materials is becoming increasingly important. Circular economy and closed-loop materials are essential for the reduction of waste, preservation of natural resources, and energy efficiency. Nowadays, green condensation polyesters are becoming important materials for recovery and reuse of resources, promoting sustainable development and reducing environmental impacts. One path to achieve this goal is the recovery of monomers from green polymer materials as a viable feedstock from (bio)conversion into oligomers/monomers, followed by new polymerization processes. In our work, we explore the use of a glycolysis to recover monomers from green condensation poly(butylene adipate-co-dilinoleic adipate) (PBA-DLA) copolymers containing variable hard to soft segments ratios, such as 50:50 wt%, 70:30 wt% and 90:10 wt%. The recovered monomers, mainly oligomeric adipates and derivatives of vegetable oil (dilinoleates) would serve as a valuable feedstock for synthesis of new materials. Synthesized PBA-DLA polyesters were subjected to glycolysis assisted by deep eutectic solvents (DES). Further, the process was assisted by lipase B from Candida antarctica (CAL-B) used as the catalyst for the bioconversion of the PBA-DLA polyesters. The recovered products were characterized with IR spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and gel permeation chromatography (GPC). The GPC data clearly indicated significant decrease of the average molecular weight and dispersity index indicating oligomers formation. The resulting oligomeric materials were used to prepare methacrylated telechelic macromonomers, which were then photopolymerized under UV light to form coatings on the glass surface. This research demonstrates the potential of DES- and CALB-assisted glycolysis as efficient bioconversion process of condensation polymers to recover and re-use of monomers from green polymers.
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