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Biobased, thermoreversibly crosslinked polyesters
Beljaars, Martijn
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Beljaars, M. (2017). Biobased, thermoreversibly crosslinked polyesters: A styrene-free alternative to currently employed resins. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
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Biobased, thermoreversibly
crosslinked polyesters
A styrene-free alternative to currently employed resins
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The work in this thesis was performed at the department of chemical engineering, part of the ENgineering and TEchnology institute Groningen. University of Groningen Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, the Netherlands.
This work is part of the Biobased Performance Materials research program, project no. BPM-052 "BIOCRES", and financially supported by the (former) Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation.
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978-90-367-9737-5 (digital version) 978-90-367-9738-2 (printed version)
Biobased, thermoreversibly
crosslinked polyesters
A styrene-free alternative to currently employed resinsProefschrift
ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
op gezag van de
rector magnificus prof. dr. E. Sterken en volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties.
De openbare verdediging zal plaatsvinden op maandag 8 mei 2017 om 11.00 uur
door
Martijn Beljaars
geboren op 23 juni 1982 te Kampen
Promotores
Prof. dr. F. Picchioni Prof. dr. ir. H.J. Heeres
Beoordelingscommissie
Prof. dr. K.U. Loos Prof. dr. S. de Wildeman Prof. dr. G. Galli
Voor Marjolein
Mijn rots
Table of contents
Chapter 1
Introduction ... 9
Chapter 2 Bio-based aromatic polyesters reversibly crosslinked via Diels-Alder reaction . 39 Chapter 3 The effect of molecular weight on the (re)-processability and material properties of bio-based, thermoreversibly cross-linked polyesters ... 65
Chapter 4 Enhancing the impact properties of two Diels-Alder functionalized polymers trough blending ... 89
Chapter 5 The influence of amount and type of crosslinker on thermal and mechanical properties of a thermoreversibly crosslinked biobased polyester ... 111
Chapter 6 Closing the chain: a technological assessment ... 131
Summary ... 149
Samenvatting ... 153
Acknowledgements ... 157
List of publications ... 161
