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Area of Science:

  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Starch, a renewable biopolymer, offers a sustainable platform for developing advanced materials.
  • Liquid crystalline polymers (LCPs) exhibit unique properties due to ordered molecular arrangements.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize and characterize a novel thermotropic starch-based side-chain liquid crystalline polymer.
  • To evaluate the thermal, structural, and mechanical properties of the synthesized polymer.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis via esterification of starch hydroxyl groups with a mesogenic moiety.
  • Chemical structure confirmation using Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy.
  • Thermal transitions analyzed by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC); mesophase structures characterized by Polarized Optical Microscopy (POM) and Wide-Angle X-ray Diffraction (WAXD).

Main Results:

  • Successful synthesis of a starch liquid crystalline polymer (St-10CN) with a degree of substitution of 2.68.
  • Characterization confirmed the polymer's glassy and smectic liquid crystalline nature.
  • The polymer exhibited excellent thermal stability, tensile strength of 37.9±7.0 MPa, and Young's modulus of 1.42±0.14 GPa.

Conclusions:

  • A novel starch-based side-chain liquid crystalline polymer (St-10CN) was successfully developed.
  • The synthesized LCP demonstrates promising thermal stability and mechanical performance.
  • This research highlights the potential of starch as a renewable resource for high-performance polymer applications.