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N. Mithil Kumar K. Varaprasad G. Ramachandra Reddy G. Siva Mohan Reddy Y. Sivabharathi G. Venkata Subba Reddy S. Venkata Naidu 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》2011,19(1):225-229
Synthesis and characterization of novel biodegradable, water soluble and optically active DL-malic acid (DMA) and citric acid
(CA) copolymers were studied for possible use as antibacterial agents. The copolymers were synthesized by direct bulk melt
condensation in the absence of a catalyst above 150 °C. Characterization of obtained copolymers was carried out with the help
of infrared absorption spectra, differential scanning calorimetry and thermo gravimetric analysis. The antibacterial activity
of copolymers against bacteria was investigated. The results obtained shows the above copolymers possess a broad wound dressing
activity against different types of bacteria and may be useful as antibacterial agents. 相似文献
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Artjima Ounkaew Pornnapa Kasemsiri Khanita Kamwilaisak Khwantri Saengprachatanarug Wiyada Mongkolthanaruk Mutjarin Souvanh Uraiwan Pongsa Prinya Chindaprasirt 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》2018,26(9):3762-3772
The bioactive packaging polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/starch films were prepared by incorporating combined antioxidant agents i.e. extracted spent coffee ground (ex-SCG) and citric acid. Effect of citric acid content on chemical compatibility, releasing of antioxidant, antibacterial activities, and physical and mechanical properties of PVA/starch incorporated ex-SCG (PSt-E) films was studied. The results of ATR-FTIR spectra showed that antioxidant agents of ex-SCG can penetrate into the film and the ester bond of blended films by citric acid was also observed. The presence of ex-SCG increased efficiency of antioxidant release and antimicrobial activity. The PSt-E film incorporated 30 wt% citric acid showed minimum inhibitory concentration against Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). The incorporation of ex-SCG and citric acid into film showed a synergistic effect on antibacterial activity. The water resistance and kinetic moisture sorption improved with incorporation of citric acid. The tensile strength and biodegradability of samples were in range of 5.63–7.44 MPa and 65.28–86.64%, respectively. Based on this study, PSt-E film incorporated 30 wt% citric acid can be applied as novel food packaging materials. 相似文献
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Randal L. Shogren Kenneth M. Doll J. L. Willett Graham Swift 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》2009,17(2):103-108
l-Aspartic acid was thermally polymerized in the presence of d-sorbitol with the goal of synthesizing new, higher molecular weight water soluble and absorbent copolymers. No reaction occurred
when aspartic acid alone was heated at 170 or 200 °C. In contrast, heating sorbitol and aspartic acid neat or with ammonium
hydroxide gave a mixture of water soluble and insoluble copolymers of polysuccinimide and sorbitol. In the presence of phosphoric
acid, sorbitol aspartate ester copolymers having both water soluble and highly swollen gel components were formed. These results
indicate that polysaccharides such as sorbitol can readily react to form copolymer ester/amides with aspartic acid and such
copolymers may have utility as biodegradable water soluble and swellable polyampholytes. 相似文献
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A. M. Abdel Ghaffar H. E. Ali Sh. M. Nasef Heba A. El-Bialy 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》2018,26(8):3226-3236
Chitosan nano-composite film crosslinked by citric acid and with glycerol as plasticizer and MgO as antibacterial agent was prepared by casting method. MgO nanoparticles were synthesized via calcination method in furnace at 500 °C for 4 h and characterized by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscope. The chitosan nano-composite film with composition chitosan/citric/glycerol/magnesium oxide (1 wt%:1 wt%:75 vol%:10 wt%) has high mechanical properties than other films. The effects of different irradiation doses on the mechanical, thermal and antibacterial activity were investigated. The tensile strength enhanced by increasing irradiation dose up to 10 kGy and the elongation negligible changed as irradiation dose increased. The thermal stability slightly increased up to dose 2.5 kGy then decreased with dose increment. The antimicrobial activity film was studied against white mulberry-borne bacterial pathogens either Gram positive or Gram negative bacteria and has positive impact of gamma irradiation on the antimicrobial activity. The use of the selected chitosan nano-composite film which irradiated by dose of 2.5 kGy and has magnesium oxide of average particle size 54.3 nm as new packaging materials found to improve storage quality and shelf-life of mulberry fruit. 相似文献
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Wisam H. Hoidy Emad A. Jaffar Al-Mulla Khalid W. Al-Janabi 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》2010,18(4):608-616
Poly(l-lactic acid) (PLLA)/poly(caprolactone) (PCL) and two types of organoclay (OMMT) including a fatty amide and ocatdecylamine
montmorillonite (FA-MMT and ODA-MMT) were employed to produce polymer nanocomposites by melt blending. Materials were characterized
using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), elemental
analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Mechanical properties were also investigated
for these nanocomposites. The nanocomposites showed increasing mechanical properties and thermal stability. XRD results indicated
that the materials formed nanocomposites. SEM morphology showed that increasing content of OMMT reduced the domain size of
phase separated particles. TEM outcomes have confirmed the intercalated type of nanocomposite. Additionally, a solution casting
process has been used to prepare these nanocomposites and characterized to compare these results with the above process. 相似文献
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Tianqiang Wang Jing Ding Xiuli Zhao Yu Liu Jianyuan Hao 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》2012,20(1):157-163
Biodegradable copolymers of l-lactide(l-LA) and p-dioxanone(PDO) were synthesized in supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) with stannous octoate as the ring-opening catalyst and a fluorocarbon polymer surfactant as an stabilizer. Fine powderous
products were achieved when more than 90% (w/w) l-LA was fed. Scanning electron micrographic images and laser diffraction particle size analysis of the products showed the
mean diameter of particles greatly increased as the content of PDO increased. The obtained polymers had the number-average
molecular weights ranging from 15,000 to 26,000 g mol−1 (polydispersity index ranging from 1.3 to 2.1) according to the gel permeation chromatography measurements. The polymer structure
was characterized by NMR spectroscopy, indicating the formation of copolymers. Thermal properties of the obtained polymers
investigated using differential scanning calorimetry showed that the morphology of products was directly relevant to the crystallinity
of the copolymers. The polymerization of l-LA and PDO copolymers in scCO2 is also proposed as a novel production technique for high-purity, biodegradable polymers. 相似文献
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Yuling Zhang Hanxiao Wei Yijian Jiang Shaoxin Kang Zhiguang Hu Jilong Wang 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》2018,26(1):116-121
Poly(aspartic acid-itaconic acid) copolymers (PAI) is a new scale inhibitor for water treatment. Thus, it is necessary to investigate its biodegradability. The biodegradability of PAI was investigated through CO2 evolution tests under different conditions based on determination of carbon dioxide production. The investigation results showed that the degradation rate of PAI on day 10 and day 28 were respectively 38.7 and 79.5%, indicating that PAI was one kind of easily biodegradable scale inhibitors. With the increase in the content of itaconic acid in copolymerization process, the biodegradability of PAI was significantly reduced. In addition, the high biodegradability might be attributed to the existence of C–N bone-structure and more –COO–. Finally, Cu2+ could decrease the degradation percentage and the enzyme inhibition effect of Cu2+ was not the linear effect, but the “low-dosage effect”. 相似文献
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Biodegradable copoly(amino acid)s based on 6-aminocaproic acid and l-leucine were prepared by melt condensation polymerization and characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (FTIR),
proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry (1H NMR), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The intrinsic viscosity and the density of the copoly(amino acid)s were measured. Thermal
properties of the copoly(amino acid)s were performed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Results showed that by increasing
leucine content of the comonomers, the intrinsic viscosity, melting point, and melting enthalpy of copoly(amino acid)s decrease
while the density increases. The enzymatic degradation of the polymers films was tested using papain; results showed that
the copoly(amino acid)s are degradable and the enzymatic degradation rate increases with increasing leucine content in the
comonomers. 相似文献
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Reena Sharma Susheel Kalia Balbir S. Kaith Amit Kumar Pankaj Thakur D. Pathania Manoj K. Srivastava 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》2017,25(2):176-191
Ggum-based conducting hydrogels possessing dye removal and antibacterial property were developed by two-step free-radical aqueous polymerization method. Conductivity was introduced with polyaniline (PANI) chains incorporated within the crosslinked network of Ggum-poly(itaconic acid) superabsorbent. The material properties of the synthesized samples were characterized using FTIR spectroscopy, thermal analysis and scanning electron microscopy techniques. Results showed that synthesized samples exhibited the best antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria. Synthesized samples were found to be effective in removal of toxic methylene blue (MB) dye from the waste water. The adsorption kinetics of superabsorbents has been described by using pseudo first and pseudo second order kinetics models. Furthermore, application of hydrogels to improve the water retention properties of different soils was also studied for agricultural purpose. 相似文献
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M. Shiraki T. Shimada M. Tatsumichi T. Saito 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》1995,3(1):13-21
Five extracellular PHB depolymerases of bacteria isolated from various sources were purified to electrophoretic homogeneity and compared with known extracellular PHB depolymerase fromAlcaligenes faecalis T1. The molecular mass of these enzymes were all around 40–50 kDa. Nonionic detergent, diisopropylfluorophosphate and dithiothreitol inhibited the PHB depolymerase activity of all these enzymes. Trypsin abolished PHB depolymerase activity, but not theD-3-hydroxybutyric acid dimer hydrolase activity of all the enzymes. These results showed that the basic properties of these PHB depolymerases resemble those of theA. faecalis T1 enzyme. Analysis ofN-terminal amino acid sequence of the purified enzymes revealed that these enzymes includingA. faecalis T1 enzyme fall into three groups. 相似文献
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A. M. Abdel-Mohsen A. S. Aly R. Hrdina A. S. Montaser A. Hebeish 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》2012,20(1):104-116
Multifunctioalization of cotton fabrics was developed by a novel finishing formulation. The method is based on chitosan-N-polyethylene glycol graft copolymer along with citric acid and sodium hypophosphite (SHP) as catalysts. Treatment of the
cotton fabric resulted in the chemical attachment of the copolymer to the cotton fabric via bridging-based esterification
where the latter involves reaction of one molecule of the polycarboxylic acid (citric acid) with both the amino group of the
copolymer and the hydroxyl groups of cotton. Inclusion of the copolymer in the crosslinked structure of cotton as well as
by hydrogen bonding and van der Waals forces are additionally possible. Synthesis of the copolymer was raised out by the reaction
of chitosan with methoxy polyethylene glycol (MPEG) aldehyde followed by the reduction with sodium borohydride. MPEG was prepared
by oxidation of PEG with acetic anhydride in dimethyl sulphoxide at room temperature. Methoxypolyethylene glycol-N-chitosan graft copolymer (MPEG-N-CTS) structure was confirmed by IR, NMR, X-RD and TGA techniques. The copolymer is soluble in water. The pad dry-cure method
was used for the cotton fabrics treatment with aqueous solution of prepared copolymer along with citric acid and SHP. The
so treated fabrics were monitored for copolymer content (expressed as N%), crease recovery, tensile strength, elongation at
break, air permeability, water permeability, roughness, bursting strength and antibacterial activity. Fabric performances
based on the outputs of these measurements advocate these multifunctionalized fabrics for use as medical textile. 相似文献
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Mohamed Shaban Mohamed Rabia Walid Fathallah Neama Abd El-Mawgoud Asmaa Mahmoud Heba Hussien Omnia Said 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》2018,26(2):434-442
Polyaniline (PANI) and Ag/PANI nanoporous composite were prepared by an oxidative polymerization method. The oxidation process of PANI nanoparticles was occurred using (NH4)2S2O8 while the oxidation process of Ag/PANI nanoporous composite was occurred using AgNO3 under the effect of artificial radiation. The structural, morphological, and optical properties of the PANI and Ag/PANI nanoporous structures were studied using different characterization tools. The results confirm the formation of polycrystalline nanoporous PANI and spherical nanoporous composite of Ag/PANI particles. Antibacterial activity tests against gram-positive bacteria, Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus, and gram-negative bacteria, Escherichia coli, and Salmonella species were carried out using different concentrations of PANI nanoparticles and Ag/PANI nanoporous composites. PANI has not antibacterial effect against all studied pathogens. In contrast, Ag/PANI nanoporous composites possessed antibacterial activity that is identified by the zone of inhibition. The inhibition zones of bacteria are in order; Salmonella species?>?S. aureus?>?B. subtilis?>?E. coli. The inhibition zones of all bacteria increased with increasing concentrations of Ag/PANI nanoporous composites from 200 to 400 ppm then decreased with further increasing of the dose concentrations to 600 ppm. Finally, a simplified mechanism based on the electrostatic attraction is presented to describe the antimicrobial activity of Ag/PANI nanoporous composite. 相似文献
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Poly(aspartic acid) is a biodegradable, water-soluble polymer that is valuable in numerous industrial applications. A variety
of synthetic methods can be utilized to prepare poly(aspartic acid) and related polymeric materials with a range of tailored
physical and chemical characteristics. This review of current investigative and patent literature describes methods of synthesis,
biodegradative studies, and important current and potential applications of both poly(aspartic acid) homopolymers and copolymers. 相似文献
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Marc-Andre Berube Diane Schorr Richard J. Ball Veronic Landry Pierre Blanchet 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》2018,26(3):970-979
The development of wood treatments is of increasing industrial importance. A novel technique for improving the properties of lodgepole pine and white pine through modification of the microstructure is described. The present investigation is devoted to the synthesis and determination of in situ parameters of citric acid and glycerol based polymers for wood impregnation. This solvent free approach is environmentally friendly and achieved through an esterification condensation reaction under acidic conditions. Crude glycerol and citric acid reactants were cross-linked via a curing process at 160?°C creating a polymer with only water as the byproduct. The ester bonds and crosslinking levels were controlled using different catalysts and citric acid contents and related to the reaction time and temperature. The nature of bonding within the polymers and at the wood cell walls was determined by FT-IR analysis. The thermal properties such as glass transition temperature (Tg) were studied using TGA/DSC and the effect of citric acid content and catalyst type determined. Dimensional stability of impregnated wood samples improved above 50% for each sample with HCl and p-TSA catalysts compared to control samples. FTIR spectra were studied to show the presence of the ester linkages of the polymer in situ at the wood cell walls. Bonding between the polymer and wood macromolecules were observed by scanning electron microscopy and interpreted as evidence of chemical bonds at the wood cells. When prepared using a catalyst, the polymer was intimately incorporated into wood structure significantly improving the substrate dimensional stability. Enhanced stability makes this approach of particular interest for exterior wood products especially as a green renewable option for the wood industry. 相似文献
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Ying Cao Shuang Du Ting-Ting Chen Meng Chen Hua-Jie Wang 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》2018,26(12):4430-4440
Zein, one of corn processing byproducts, has excellent film-forming ability. However, zein does not have intrinsic antibacterial or antioxidant activity which limits its direct applicability as active food packaging material. In the present study, the rod-shaped micro-sized ZnO crystals were incorporated into zein films to construct zein-based active films as active packaging material with antibacterial property. The morphologies, structural analysis and sizes of ZnO crystals were analyzed by field emission scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction. Prepared zein films were evaluated for ZnO loading and distribution. Furthermore, antibacterial activities on Gram-negative bacteria and Gram-positive bacteria were tested by using the disc diffusion method. Lastly, the stability of zein-based active films under the different storage temperature and humidity was investigated. The results showed that zein based-active films had well mechanical properties, stability and antibacterial activities, which were related to the sizes of ZnO crystals in films. 相似文献
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Masahiro Funabashi Fumi Ninomiya Edgar Dulay Flores Masao Kunioka 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》2010,18(2):85-93
The evaluation method of biomass carbon ratio of polymer composite samples including organic and inorganic carbons individually
was investigated. Biodegradable plastics and biobased plastics can have their mechanical properties improved by combining
with inorganic fillers. Polymer composites consisting of biodegradable plastics and carbonate were prepared by two different
methods. Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) composite was prepared by synthesis from l-lactide with catalyst and calcium carbonate (CaCO3) powders from lime. Poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) composite was prepared by hot-pressing the mixture of PBS powder and CaCO3 powders from oyster shells. The mechanical properties of composite samples were investigated by a tensile test and a compression
test using an Instron type mechanical tester. Tensile test with a dumbbell shape specimen was performed for PBS composite
samples and compression test with a column shape specimen for PLA composite samples. Strength, elastic modulus and fracture
strain were obtained from the above tests. Biomass carbon ratio is regulated in the American Standards for Testing and Materials
(ASTM). In ASTM standards on biomass carbon ratio, it is required that carbon atoms from carbonates, such as CaCO3, are omitted. Biomass carbon ratio was evaluated by ratio of 14C to 12C in the samples using Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS). The effect of pretreatment, such as oxidation temperature and
reaction by acid, on results of biomass carbon ratio was investigated. Mechanical properties decrease with increasing CaCO3 content. The possibility of an evaluation method of biomass carbon ratio of materials including organic and inorganic carbons
was shown. 相似文献
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Biodegradation of thermally synthesized polyaspartate 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
Diana D. Alford A. P. Wheeler Charles A. Pettigrew 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》1994,2(4):225-236
Polyaspartate synthesized using thermal methods (thermal polyaspartate; TPA) has been shown to have dispersant and crystallization inhibition activities. These activities suggest that the polymer may be used in water treatment and paper processing and as a detergent and paint additive. The commercial potential for TPA is enhanced by the fact that it may be synthesized on a large scale. Therefore, a study of the biodegradation of the polymer was undertaken. TPA was produced by hydrolysis of a polysuccinimide synthesized by dry thermal polymerization of aspartic acid. The resulting polymer was a poly(,-dl-aspartate) having a 70% structure and containing a racemic mixture of aspartic acid. TPA was incubated with both dilute effluent and activated sludge from a wastewater treatment plant. Low-biomass effluent experiments showed changes in molecular size of TPA concomitant with oxygen demand induced by the polymer, suggesting susceptibility of TPA to at least partial biodegradation. Low-biomass sludge experiments (SCAS, modified Sturm) yielded approximately 70% mineralization of 20 mg L–1 TPA by 28 days, suggesting that a significant portion of the polymer was labile. High-biomass sludge experiments using14C-TPA at 1 mg L–1 revealed approximately 30% mineralization and 95% total removal of TPA carbon from solution in 23 days, with most of the mineralization and removal taking place in less than 5 days. Additional short-term studies using a variety of particulate substrates, including activated sludge, confirmed that TPA is subject to removal from solution by adsorption. From these studies with labeled TPA, it was concluded that TPA is subject to rapid removal and at least partial degradation in a wastewaster treatment plant. Using gel and thin-layer chromatography, it was determined that at least part of the unmineralized residue from the high biomass assays was polyaspartate. It is speculated that the unusual structure of TPA compared to natural proteins may limit the rate of proteolysis of the polymer and thus its overall degradation rate. 相似文献
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Atsuyoshi Nakayama Norioki Kawasaki Ioannis Arvanitoyannis Seiichi Aiba Noboru Yamamoto 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》1996,4(3):205-211
Biodegradable polyesters were synthesized by ring-opening copolymerization of -butyrolactone (BL) and its derivatives withl-lactide (LLA). Although tetraphenyl tin was the main catalyst used, other organometallic catalysts were used as well.1H and13C NMR spectra showed that poly(BL-co-LLA)s were statistical and that their number-average molecular weights were as high as 7×104. The maximum BL content obtained from copolymerization BL/LLA was around 17%. TheT
m andT
g values of the copolymers showed a gradual depression with an increase in BL content. NoT
m was obtained for the copolymers containing more than 13 mol% BL. The biodegradability of the copolyesters was evaluated by enzymatic hydrolysis and nonenzymatic hydrolysis tests. The enzymatic hydrolysis was carried out at 37°C for 24 h using lipases fromRhizopus arrhizus andR. delemar. Hydrolyses by both lipases showed that an increase in BL content of the copolymer resulted in enhanced biodegradability. Nonenzymatic accelerated hydrolysis of copolymers at 70°C was found to increase proportionally to their exposure time. The hydrolysis rate of these copolymers was considerably faster than that of PLLA. The higher hydrolyzability was recorded for the BL-rich copolymers. The copolymerization of -methyl--butyrolactone (MBL) or -ethyl--butyrolactone (EBL) with LLA resulted in relatively LA-rich copolymers. 相似文献
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Shadpour Mallakpour Fatemeh Zeraatpisheh Mohammad R. Sabzalian 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》2012,20(1):117-123
In this paper we studied the synthesis of biodegradable optically active poly(ester-imide)s containing different amino acid
residues in the main chain. These pseudo-poly(amino acid)s were synthesized by polycondensation of N,N′-(pyromellitoyl)-bis-l-tyrosine dimethyl ester as a diphenolic monomer and two chiral trimellitic anhydride-derived diacid monomers containing s-valine and l-methionine. The direct polycondensation reaction of these diacids with aromatic diol was carried out in a system of tosyl
chloride (TsCl), pyridine (Py) and N,N′-dimethylformamide (DMF) as a condensing agent. The structures and morphology of these polymers were studied by FT-IR, 1H-NMR, powder X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), specific rotation, elemental and thermogravimetric
analysis (TGA) techniques. TGA profiles indicate that the resulting PEIs have a good thermal stability. Morphology probes
showed these polymers were noncrystalline and nanostructured polymers. The monomers and prepared polymers were buried under
the soil to study the sensitivity of the monomers and the obtained polymers to microbial degradation. The high microbial population
and prominent dehydrogenase activity in the soil containing polymers showed that the synthesized polymers are biologically
active and microbiologically biodegradable. Wheat seedling growth in the soil buried with synthetic polymers not only confirmed
non-toxicity of polymers but also showed possibility of phyto-remediation in polymer-contaminated soils. 相似文献
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Ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters (-caprolactone, -valerolactone, and l-lactide) onto liquefied biomass (LB) was conducted to obtain the polyester-type polyol and to regulate the characteristics of LB. IR and 1H-NMR spectra of the obtained polyol showed that the polymerization was successfully conducted in the presence of acid catalyst, which is used in liquefaction. The molecular weight (Mw), hydroxyl value, and viscosity were controllable by changing the reaction conditions. Polyester-type polyurethane foams with a wide range of properties were prepared from the obtained polyol with the appropriate combinations of foaming agents. 相似文献