Synthesis and characterization of poly(arylene ether sulfone) kraft lignin heat stable copolymers

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 264-271

  Argyropoulos, Dimitris S ^a,b   Sadeghifar, Hasan ^a   Cui, Chengzhong ^a   Sen, Sanghamitra ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Characterization; Difluorodiphenyl sulphone; Glass transition temperature; Polyarylene ether sulfone; Softwood kraft lignin; Thermogravimetry analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; ETHERS; GELATION; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; POLYDISPERSITY; SOFTWOODS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

DIFLUORODIPHENYL SULPHONE; PHENOLIC HYDROXYL GROUP; POLY(ARYLENE ETHER SULFONE); POLYARYLENE ETHERS; SOFTWOOD KRAFT LIGNINS; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY ANALYSIS; WEIGHT-AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

LIGNIN;

EID: 84893323300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc4002998     Document Type: Article

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