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Biobased Nonvolatile Rheology Modifier as a Superior Alternative to Styrene for Pultrusion

JAŠEK, V. PROKEŠ, J. BARTOŠ, O. FUČÍK, J. PŘIKRYL, R. FIGALLA, S.

Original Title

Biobased Nonvolatile Rheology Modifier as a Superior Alternative to Styrene for Pultrusion

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Sustainable and well-performing biobased compounds have attracted enormous attention for modern industrial applications. This work presents isosorbide monomethacrylate as a nonvolatile, reactive, liquid, and polar compound capable of substituting for styrene in conventional pultrusion. This proposed molecule was synthesized through an industrially scalable approach, ensuring a high product yield, negligible residue generation, and complete separation of secondary products. Isosorbide monomethacrylate exhibits lower curing reaction temperatures and volatility compared with currently used styrene. Its diluting potential was investigated and quantified using the Arrhenius temperature dependency. A successful pultrusion was performed using isosorbide monomethacrylate as a diluent, resulting in similar thermal stability and flexural modulus as the commercial composites. The isosorbide monomethacrylate-containing composites exhibited an almost 16% increase in the flexural strength and a more than 13% increase in the interlaminar shear strength. Therefore, this proposed, synthesized, and characterized molecule holds enormous potential to substitute for styrene for high-performance pultrusion applications.

Keywords

Pultrusion; Reactive Diluting; Isosorbide Monomethacrylate; Non-Volatility; Composite; Polyester

Authors

JAŠEK, V.; PROKEŠ, J.; BARTOŠ, O.; FUČÍK, J.; PŘIKRYL, R.; FIGALLA, S.

Released

30. 6. 2025

Publisher

AMER CHEMICAL SOC

Location

WASHINGTON

ISBN

2168-0485

Periodical

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Year of study

14

Number

26

State

United States of America

Pages from

1

Pages to

7

Pages count

7

URL

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c03049

BibTex

@article{BUT198319,
  author="Vojtěch {Jašek} and Jan {Prokeš} and Otakar {Bartoš} and Jan {Fučík} and Radek {Přikryl} and Silvestr {Figalla}",
  title="Biobased Nonvolatile Rheology Modifier as a Superior Alternative to Styrene for Pultrusion",
  journal="ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering",
  year="2025",
  volume="14",
  number="26",
  pages="1--7",
  doi="10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c03049",
  issn="2168-0485",
  url="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c03049"
}