A sustainable process to 100%bio-based nylons integrated chemical and biological conversion of lignocellulose

Considerable progress has been made in recent years to the development of sustainable polymers from bio-based feedstocks.In this study,100%bio-based nylons were prepared via an integrated chemical and biological process from lignocellulose.These novel nylons were obtained by the melt polymerization of 3-propyladipic acid derived from lignin and 1,5-pentenediamine/1,4-butanediamine derived from carbohydrate sugar.Central to the concept is a three-step noble metal free catalytic chemical funnelling sequence(Raney Ni mediated reductive catalytic fractionation-reductive funnelling-oxidative funnelling),which allowed for obtaining a single component 3-propyladipic acid from lignin with high efficiency.The structural and thermodynamic properties of the obtained nylons have been systematically investigated,and thus obtained transparent bio-based nylons exhibited higher Mw(>32,000)and excellent thermal stability(Td5%>265℃).Considering their moderate Tg and good melt strength,these transparent bio-based nylons could serve as promising functional additives or temperature-responsive materials.

STRUCTURAL PHASE TRANSITION OF ALIPHATIC NYLONS VIEWED FROM THE WAXD/SAXS AND VIBRATIONAL SPECTRAL MEASUREMENTS AND MOLECULAR DYNAMICS CALCULATION

The crystalline phase transition of aliphatic nylon 10/10 has been investigated on the basis of the simultaneous measurement of wide-angle and small-angle X-ray scatterings, the infrared spectral measurement and the molecular dynamics calculation. An interpretation of infrared spectra taken for a series of nylon samples and the corresponding model compounds was successfully made, allowing us to assign the infrared bands of the planar-zigzag methylene segments reasonably. As a result the methylene segmental parts of molecular chains were found to experience an order-to-disorder transition in the Brill transition region, where the intermolecular hydrogen bonds are kept alive although the bond strength becomes weaker at higher temperature. The small-angle X-ray scattering data revealed a slight change in lamellar stacking mode in the transition region. The crystal structure has been found to change more remarkably in the temperature region immediately below the melting point, where the conformationally disordered chains experienced drastic rotational and translational motions without any constraints by hydrogen bonds, and the lamellar thickness increased largely along the chain axis. These experimental results were reasonably reproduced by the molecular dynamics calculation performed at the various temperatures.

A Fresh Look at the Structures of Nylons and the Brill Transition

The common knowledge of the crystal structures of nylons dates back to the early 1950s with the work of Bunn and Garner.It describes the packing of sheets made of hydrogen-bonded stems in an extended chain conformation.These alpha phase structures have a specific powder X-ray diffraction pattern with reflections at 4.4Åand 3.7Å.On heating,reflections trans-form progressively and merge at≈4.2Åat the so-called“Brill transition”.Other diffraction patterns have been recorded for different types of nylons and thermal histories.These patterns were interpreted only as indicating the existence of“variants”of the alpha phase.However,neither their structure,nor the origin of the Brill transition were established.Recent structural analyses and molecular modeling approaches have provided new insights in these long-standing structural puzzles.The“variants”feature chain conformations that are“pleated”.The Brill transition does not involve the standard extended chains of the alpha phase but corresponds to a dynamic interconversion(≈10^(10)/s)between mirror conformations of these pleated stems.

Evaluation of Nylon 6 and Nylon 66 Cord Fabrics for Scooter Tyre Production under Different Curing Conditions

Cord fabric is a critical material used in the manufacture of tyres and various composite materials to increase durability and strength. The tyre consists of many layers of cord fabric, with each layer being referred to as a cord ply. These layers are strategically positioned within the tyre’s internal structure, particularly in the tread and sidewall areas, to improve handling, durability and impact resistance. The cord fabric also serves a critical role in maintaining the structural integrity of the tyre, ensuring that it retains its contour and resists deformations under different operating conditions. This study discusses the advantages and disadvantages of using Nylon 6 (NY6) and Nylon 66 (NY66) cord fabrics in scooter tire production, with a focus on their mechanical behavior under varying curing temperatures and pressures. It was observed that while the curing time for both NY6 and NY66 remained consistent across different platen temperatures and pressures, their mechanical properties showed significant differences. NY6, known for its flexibility and impact resistance, exhibited greater changes in cord-breaking strength and elongation with increasing temperature, showing a marked decrease in breaking strength at higher temperatures. In contrast, NY66 maintained better stability and performance under similar conditions.

NILIT enabling nylon recycling through products and partnership

Migdal Haemek,Israel,April 2,2024.NILIT,the global market leader,and a producer of high quality Nylon 6.6 for apparel and owner of the SENSIL?brand,introduces SENSIL?Flow,a new approach to Nylon 6.6 circularity that enables yarn,fabric,and,ultimately,apparel recycling to eliminate waste and further reduce apparel’s environmental impact.SENSIL?Flow is more than just a sustainable performance product.It is an innovative approach that engages the entire supply chain to truly attain circularity through product design and partnership.

Wingsuit Flying

Wingsuit Flying,alsocalled wingsuiting,is a variation of skydiving.In this sport,a person will fly in the air using a special jumpsuit called a wingsuit.This wingsuit comprises of two arm wings and a single leg wing which has inflatable nylon cells.The modern wingsuits were developed in the 1990's.They are sometimes referred to as birdman suits or flying squirrel suits.

碳纤维增强尼龙PA6T/66共聚物复合材料的制备及性能研究

利用双螺杆挤出机熔融共混的方法制备了不同含量的碳纤维(CF)与尼龙共聚物(PA6T/66)复合材料,通过差示扫描量热仪、热重分析仪、扫描电子显微镜和力学性能测试研究了该复合材料的热性能、力学性能和断面形态结构。结果显示,复合材料的起始分解温度均在400℃以上,熔点都在300℃左右。随着CF含量的增加,复合材料的拉伸强度、弯曲强度和冲击强度都相应增加,当CF质量分数达到40%时,复合材料的拉伸强度、弯曲强度和冲击强度分别达到最大值:226.1 MPa、354.7 MPa、54.1 k J/m2。

Nylon6复合材料的阻燃性能研究

针对目前无机阻燃剂对Nylon6阻燃效果差的研究现状,考察了滑石粉、MCA、有机蒙脱土含量对Nylon6复合材料力学性能和阻燃性能的影响.研究结果表明:随着三种阻燃剂用量的增加,Nylon6拉伸强度都有不同程度的增加,其中添加MCA的拉伸强度增加最明显,从纯Nylon6的78.13 MPa增加到90.65 MPa,增加了16%;随着阻燃剂用量的增加,Nylon6冲击强度和熔融指数都有下降;当有机蒙脱土含量为10%时,Nylon6复合材料的氧指数由20.71升高到27.89,增加了35%,继续增加有机蒙脱土用量,氧指数增加不明显.

PA6/EP复合材料体系的非等温结晶动力学行为研究

采用DCS对PA6/EP复合材料体系的非等温结晶动力学进行研究。用Jeziorny法和Mo法分析了复合材料的非等温结晶动力学,并计算得到相关的结晶动力学参数。结果表明:在PA6中加入线性环氧树脂可以起到异相成核的作用。

高岭土/尼龙66溶液共混复合材料的研究

以甲酸做溶剂,采用溶液共混法制备高岭土/尼龙66复合材料,对其进行XRD,FTIR,DSC表征。结果表明:高岭土对尼龙66结晶的晶型没有影响,但高岭土与尼龙66间存在化学键作用。随着高岭土的增加,复合材料的结晶度先增大后减小,当高岭土含量为4%时,复合材料结晶度达到最高为45.64%。

助剂Levegal FTS在Telon类染料上染Nylon的应用

介绍了Telon类染料及匀染剂Levegal FTS,分析了Telon染料用量的计算方法,并通过实验得到了匀染剂Levegal FTS的最佳用量,简要说明了Telon类染料染Nylon的各项最佳染色工艺条件。

尼龙1010/十八烷基胺插层蒙脱土纳米复合材料研究

通过熔融加工制备了尼龙1010(PA1010)/十八烷基胺插层蒙脱土(OMMT)纳米复合材料。研究了OMMT含量对PA1010/OMMT纳米复合材料力学性能的影响。当OMMT质量分数为2%时,该纳米复合材料的综合力学性能达到最优。用TG、DMTA、DSC等分析方法对材料的热稳定性、结晶性能等进行了分析表征。结果表明,OMMT的加入提高了纳米复合材料的结晶温度、玻璃化转变温度和储能模量,但纳米复合材料的热稳定性稍有降低。

Study on Preparation and Properties of La_2O_3/MC Nylon Nanocomposites

A series of La2O3/MC nylon nanocomposites were prepared via in situ polymerization. The effects of content of nano-La2O3 on the mechanical properties of nanocomposites were studied. Dispersion of nano-La2O3 in MC nylon matrix was observed with SEM. The crystal structure of nanocomposites was characterized by means of XRD. SEM analysis shows that La2O3 nanoparticles are uniformly dispersed in MC nylon matrix and little clustering exists when the content of nano- La2O3 is lower than 1%, however, when the content of nano-La2O3 is more than 1%, it begins to cluster. XRD analysis indicats that nano-La2O3 does not change the crystal structure of MC nylon. Mechanical properties tests show that the tensile strength, elongation at break, impact strength, flexural strength, and flexural modulus of nanocomposites first increase then decrease as the content of nano-La2O3 is increased. When the content of nano-La2O3 is 0.5%, the tensile strength and elongation at break of nanocomposites reach maximum, which are 17.9% and 52.1% higher respectively than those of MC nylon. When the content of nano-La2O3 is 1.0%, the impact strength, flexural strength and flexural modulus of nanocomposites reach maximum, which are 36.6 %, 12.7 % and 16.3 % higher respectively than those of MC nylon.

Isothermal and nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of bio-sourced nylon 69

Bio-sourced nylon 69,one of promising engineering plastics,has a great potential in developing sustainable technology and various commercial applications.Isothermal and nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of nylon 69 is a base to optimize the process conditions and establish the structure–property correlations for nylon 69,and it is also highly bene ficial for successful applications of nylon products in industry.Isothermal and nonisothermal crystallization kinetics has been investigated by differential scanning calorimetry for nylon 69,bio-sourced even–odd nylon.The isothermal crystallization kinetics has been analyzed by the Avrami equation,the calculated Avrami exponent at various crystallization temperatures falls into the range of 2.28 and 2.86.In addition,the Avrami equation modi fied by Jeziorny and the equation suggested by Mo have been adopted to study the nonisothermal crystallization.The activation energies for isothermal and nonisothermal crystallization have also been determined.The study demonstrates that the crystallization model of nylon 69 might be a twodimensional(circular)growth at both isothermal and nonisothermal crystallization conditions.Furthermore,the value of the crystallization rate parameter(K)decreases signi ficantly but the crystallization half-time(t1/2)increases with the increase of the isothermal crystallization temperature.To nonisothermal crystallization,the crystallization rate increases as the cooling rate increases according to the analysis of Jeziorny's theory.The results of Mo's theory suggest that a faster cooling rate is required to reach a higher relative degree of crystallinity in a unit of time,and crystallization rate decreases when the relative degree of crystallinity increases at nonisothermal crystallization conditions.

Tribological Behavior of MC Nylon6 Composites Filled with Glass Fiber and Flyash

To improve tribological property of MC Nylon6, the glass fiber and fly ash reinforced monomer casting nylon compogites （GFFAPA） were prepared by anionic polymerization of e-caprolactam. The friction and wear behaviors of composites under dry condition, water lubrication and oil lubrication were investigated through a ring-black wear tester. Worn surfaces were analyzed using a scanning electron microscope. The experimental results show that the tensile strength and hardness of nylon composites are obviously improved with reinforcement increasing. Compared to MC nylon, the lowest friction coefficient and wear rate of glass fiber reinforced nylon composites （GFPA） with GF30% respectively decrease by 33.1% and 65.3%, of fly ash reinforced nylon composites （FAPA） with FA20% decrease by 5.2% and 68.9% and of GFFAPA composites with GF30% and FA10% decrease by 57.8% and 89.9%. The main wear mechanisms of FAPA composites are adhesive and abrasive wear and of GFPA composites with high proportion are abrasive and fatigue wear. The wom surfaces of GFFAPA composites are much multiplex and the optional distributing glass fiber and fly ash have a synergetic effect on the wear resistance for GFFAPA composites. Compared with dry friction, the friction coefficient and wear rate under oil lubricated conditions decrease sharply while the latter reversely increase under water lubricated conditions. The wear mechanisms under water lubricated condition are principally chemical corrosion wear and abrasive wear and they become boundary friction under oil lubricated condition.

Non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of Nylon 10T and Nylon 10T/1010 copolymers:Effect of sebacic acid as a third comonomer

Nylon 10 T and Nylon 10T/1010 samples were synthesized by direct melt polymerization. The non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of Nylon 10 T and Nylon 10T/1010 was investigated by means of differential scanning calorimetry(DSC). Jeziorny equation and Mo equation were applied to describe the non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of the Nylon 10 T and the Nylon 10T/1010. The activation energies for non-isothermal crystallization were obtained by Vyazovkin's method and Friedman's method, respectively. These results showed that Jeziorny equation and Mo equation well described the non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of the Nylon 10 T and the Nylon 10T/1010. It was found that the values of the activation energy for non-isothermal crystallization of the Nylon 10T/1010 were lower than those of the Nylon 10 T at a given temperature or relative crystallinity degree,which revealed that crystallization ability of the Nylon 10T/1010 was higher. The crystal morphology was observed by means of a polarized optical microscope(POM) and X-ray diffraction(XRD). It was found that the addition of sebacic acid comonomer not only did not change the crystal form of the Nylon 10 T, but also significantly increased the number and decreased the size of spherulites. Comparing with the Nylon 10 T, the crystallization rate was increased with the addition of the sebacic acid comonomer.

Crystallization Kinetics and Melting Behavior of PA1010/Ether-based TPU Blends

Polyamide 1010 （PA1010）/thermoplastie poly （ether urethane） elastomer （ether-based TPU） blends were prepared via melt extrusion. The crystallization kinetics and melting behavior of PA1010/ether-based TPU blends were systematically investigated using differential scanning calorimetry. The crystallization kinetics results show that the addition of ether-based TPU hinders the crystallization of PA1010, and the hindrance effect increases with the increase of the concentration of ether-based TPU. Both pure PA1010 and PA1010/ether-based TPU blends exhibit double melting peaks in the process of nonisothermal crystallization. The double melting peaks change differently with the variation of cooling rate and blend composition. The cooling rate only influences the lower melting peak; however, the blend composition influences not only the lower melting peak but also the higher melting peak. The reason for the phenomenon must be the interaction between the two compositions.

增韧剂橡胶粒子对尼龙6冲击性能的影响

以不同增韧剂(马来酸酐接枝聚烯烃弹性体CMG5805-L、CMG5805-S,马来酸酐接枝三元乙丙橡胶CMG5802)改性尼龙6为研究对象,通过扫描电子显微镜观察了上述改性尼龙6的表面形貌,统计分析了增韧剂橡胶粒子的粒径和粒子间距,对比了不同粒径、粒子间距和玻璃化转变温度的增韧剂对改性尼龙6冲击强度的影响。结果表明,随增韧剂CMG5805-L添加量的增加,橡胶粒子的粒径不发生变化,粒子间距逐渐减小;对于添加9.47%CMG5805-L的增韧尼龙6,当橡胶粒子间距达到0.134μm时,增韧尼龙6的缺口冲击强度发生脆-韧转变;增韧剂中的马来酸酐接枝率越高,橡胶相在尼龙6中的分散粒径越小。大小粒径的橡胶粒子同时分散于尼龙6相中时,尼龙6的缺口冲击强度更好;当测试温度低于增韧尼龙6的脆-韧转变温度时,尼龙6的冲击强度同增韧剂的玻璃化转变温度相关。

THE EFFECT OF BLENDING SEQUENCE ON PHASE MORPHOLOGY OF NYLON 6/ABS/SMA BLENDS

The preparation process-dependent phase morphology of blends composed of nylon 6 and acrylonitrile-butadiene- styrene(ABS)over a composition range of 30-70 wt% using a styrene-maleic anhydride(SMA)copolymer as the compatibilizing agent with a constant content(5phr)was investigated.The results of the scanning electron microscope (SEM)observation revealed that compared with the binary blends of nylon 6 and ABS,the existence of SMA caused a composition shift of phase inversion to a higher weight fraction of ny...

FRACTAL BEHAVIOR OF DEVELOPMENT OF PHASE SEPARATION AND CRYSTALLIZATION IN BLENDS OF NYLON-6 WITH SODIUM SALT OF ETHYLENE /METHACRYLIC ACID COPOLYMER

Phase separation was studied by the optical microscopy in blends of nylon 6 (PA6) with sodium salt of ethylene/methacrylic acid copolymer (PEMA).The image collecting technology was used to keep track of the development of blends at a certain temperature.The fractal dimension of phase separation was calculated by the image solving technology according to the fractal theory and the self similarity behavior of the process was proved.The relationship of the fractal behavior with composition and experimental temperature was discussed.The fractal behavior of the crystallization development of the crystal phase of PA6 in blends was also discussed and the fractal behavior calculated.