Poly (butylene succinate)(PBS): Materials, processing, and industrial applications

M Barletta, C Aversa, M Ayyoob, A Gisario… - Progress in Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of biodegradable and compostable materials as alternative to fossil-based
plastics is today of paramount importance. Polybutylene succinate (PBS) is a class of …

Confined crystallization of polymers within nanopores

G Liu, AJ Muller, D Wang - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Crystallization of polymeric materials under nanoscopic confinement is highly
relevant for nanotechnology applications. When a polymer is confined within rigid …

[HTML][HTML] Fractionated crystallization in semicrystalline polymers

L Sangroniz, B Wang, Y Su, G Liu, D Cavallo… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
The crystallization of heterogeneously nucleated bulk polymers typically occurs in a single
exothermic process, within a narrow temperature range, ie, a single exothermic peak is …

A review on current strategies for the modulation of thermomechanical, barrier, and biodegradation properties of poly (butylene succinate)(PBS) and its random …

MI Peñas, RA Pérez-Camargo, R Hernández, AJ Müller - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The impact of plastics on the environment can be mitigated by employing biobased and/or
biodegradable materials (ie, bioplastics) instead of the traditional “commodities”. In this …

Polybutylene succinate, a potential bio-degradable polymer: synthesis, copolymerization and bio-degradation

KS Savitha, BR Paghadar, MS Kumar… - Polymer Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Poly (butylene succinate) is one of the emerging bio-degradable polymers, which has huge
potential to be employed in a wide range of applications. Furthermore, it is also recognized …

Synthesis, Crystallization, Structure Memory Effects, and Molecular Dynamics of Biobased and Renewable Poly(n-alkylene succinate)s with n from 2 to 10

PA Klonos, L Papadopoulos, M Kasimatis… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In this article, we synthesize five poly (n-alkylene succinate) s, P n ASs, with n= 2, 4, 6, 8,
and 10 via multi-step polycondensation methods. Next, we comparatively investigate these …

Comonomer inclusion in single crystals of isodimorphic random copolymers of butylene succinate and ε-caprolactone

W Hu, M Safari, Y Zhou, RA Pérez-Camargo… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Random copolymers exhibit diverse crystallization behavior depending on whether
comonomers are excluded or included in the crystalline phase. To understand the …

Synthesis, Structure, Crystallization and Mechanical Properties of Isodimorphic PBS-ran-PCL Copolyesters

M Safari, I Otaegi, N Aramburu, G Guerrica-Echevarria… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Isodimorphic behavior is determined by partial inclusion of comonomer segments within the
crystalline structure and arises from the comparatively similar repeating chain units of the …

Bottlebrush Elastomers with Crystallizable Side Chains: Monitoring Configuration of Polymer Backbones in the Amorphous Regions during Crystallization

EA Bersenev, EA Nikitina, E Dashtimoghadam… - ACS Macro …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Brush-like elastomers with crystallizable side chains hold promise for biomedical
applications requiring the presence of two distinct mechanical states below and above body …

Rheology and Tack Properties of Biodegradable Isodimorphic Poly(butylene succinate)-Ran-Poly(ε-caprolactone) Random Copolyesters and Their Potential Use as …

AJ Sandoval, MM Fernández, MV Candal, M Safari… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The sole effect of the microstructure of biodegradable isodimorphic poly (butylene succinate)-
ran-poly (ε-caprolactone) random copolyesters on their rheological properties is …