Polyesters containing cyclic carbohydrate-based units obtained by ring opening polymerization

• Main Author: Morales Huerta, Juan Carlos
• Other Authors: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Muñoz Guerra, Sebastián, Martínez de Ilarduya Sáez de Asteasu, Domingo Antxon
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya 2018
• Subjects: Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria química; Polyesters; Carbohydrates; Bio-based; Cyclic oligoesters; Ring opening polymerization; Furan-based polyesters; Poly(butylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate); Alta; Azar; Consecuencia; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2117/115040; http://hdl.handle.net/10803/462146

In recent years, as a result of climate change, the interest in sustainable materials has increased dramatically. The replacement of compounds of petrochemical origin by bio-based has spread to all areas of chemistry. Nowadays there is a development of sustainable polymers based in 2,5-furanedicarbo...