Montanari, Ulisse; Cocchi, Davide; Brugo, Tommaso Maria; Pollicino, Antonino; Taresco, Vincenzo; Romero Fernandez, Maria; Moore, Jonathan C.; Sagnelli, Domenico; Paradisi, Francesca; Zucchelli, Andrea; Howdle, Steven M.; Gualandi, Chiara (2021). Functionalisable Epoxy-rich Electrospun Fibres Based on Renewable Terpene for Multi-Purpose Applications. Polymers, 13(11), p. 1804. MDPI 10.3390/polym13111804
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New bio-based polymers capable of either outperforming fossil-based alternatives or possessing new properties and functionalities are of relevant interest in the framework of the circular economy. In this work, a novel bio-based polycarvone acrylate di-epoxide (PCADE) was used as an additive in a one-step straightforward electrospinning process to endow the fibres with functionalisable epoxy groups at their surface. To demonstrate the feasibility of the approach, poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) fibres loaded with different amounts of PCADE were prepared. A thorough characterisation by TGA, DSC, DMTA and XPS showed that the two polymers are immiscible and that PCADE preferentially segregates at the fibre surface, thus developing a very simple one-step approach to the preparation of ready-to-use surface functionalisable fibres. We demonstrated this by exploiting the epoxy groups at the PVDF fibre surface in two very different applications, namely in epoxy-based carbon fibre reinforced composites and membranes for ω-transaminase enzyme immobilisation for heterogeneous catalysis.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (DCBP) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Paradisi, Francesca |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology 500 Science > 540 Chemistry |
ISSN: |
2073-4360 |
Publisher: |
MDPI |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Francesca Paradisi |
Date Deposited: |
03 Jun 2021 15:16 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:51 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3390/polym13111804 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/156587 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/156587 |
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