This work aims to adopt a simple modulus prediction method for the crystalline poly(ethylene-terephthalate) (PET), which has strong cold-crystallization ability. Based on a single melting curve generated by calorimetry, crystallinity and average melting temperature can easily be evaluated and consequently, tensile modulus can be predicted. Nonetheless, in the case of polymers with cold crystallization behavior, such as PET, the melting process is affected by cold crystallization, impeding the simple calculation of the aforementioned important parameters.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study investigates the formic acid-mediated hydrothermal carbonisation (HTC) of microalgae biomass to enhance green hydrogen production. The effects of combined severity factor (CSF) and feedstock-to-suspension ratio (FSR) are examined on HTC gas formation, hydrochar yield and quality, and composition of the liquid phase. The hydrothermal conversion of Chlorella vulgaris was investigated in a CSF and FSR range of -2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFApplication of nucleating agents is the most versatile and industrially applied way to manipulate the crystalline structure of isotactic polypropylene (iPP). Various materials possess a nucleating effect, but from the viewpoint of dispersibility, the partially soluble ones are the most advantageous. Our objective was to synthesize new ,'-dicyclohexyldicarboxamide homologues and study their applicability as nucleating agents in iPP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCompounds containing redox active permanganate anions and complexed silver cations with reducing pyridine ligands are used not only as selective and mild oxidants in organic chemistry but as precursors for nanocatalyst synthesis in low-temperature solid-phase quasi-intramolecular redox reactions. Here we show a novel compound (4AgpyMnO·AgpyMnO) that has unique structural features including (1) four coordinated and one non-coordinated permanganate anion, (2) κO-permanganate coordinated Ag, (3) chain-like [Ag(py)] units, (4) non-coordinated ionic permanganate ions and an [Ag(py)] tetrahedra as well as (5) unsymmetrical hydrogen bonds between pyridine α-CHs and a permanganate oxygen. As a result of the oxidizing permanganate anion and reducing pyridine ligand, a highly exothermic reaction occurs at 85 °C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThermochemical studies of hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives and their surface complexes are important for the pharmaceutical industry, medicine and for the development of technologies of heterogeneous biomass pyrolysis. In this study, structural and thermal transformations of caffeic acid complexes on silica surfaces were studied by UV-Vis spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, temperature programmed desorption mass spectrometry (TPD MS) and quantum chemical methods. Two types of caffeic acid surface complexes are found to form through phenolic or carboxyl groups.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwo soluble nucleating agents were used to modify the optical properties of nine PP homo- and random copolymers. The ethylene content of the polymers changed between 0 and 5.3 wt %.
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