SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND THERMAL ANALYSIS OF SUGAR-BASED BIODEGRADABLE STYRENE COPOLYMER
Project no. 473 · Status: Kapanmış · 2017
Summary
A new carbohydrate-based the copolymer of styrene (PSVTEG) (2) from vinyl (hydroxyl) furan monomer (1) were synthesized by a conventional free radical polymerization reaction . Thermal properties of glyco-polymer (2) was investigated by TG, DTG and DSC. Differential scanning calorimetry was performed in order to study the copolymerization process of the monomer (1) and glyco-polymer (2) into the chosen co-monomers, respectively, and the activation energy of this process was evaluated using by Flynn-Wall-Ozawa and Coats-Redfern methods.The data obtained has suggested that thermal stability of the synthesized polymers has changed with the structure of the sugar and increase in molecular weight.