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Microwave-assisted in situ ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone in the presence of modified halloysite nanotubes loaded with stannous chloride.

Gang YangRui MaShifan ZhangZiying LiuDexuan PeiHongyun JinJiaqi LiuWenjie Du
Published in: RSC advances (2022)
Polycaprolactone (PCL) has been widely applied for its excellent physicochemical properties, but it also has common problems with biopolymers. It is important to investigate energy-efficient polymerization crafts and composite catalytic systems in the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of ε-caprolactone (ε-CL) to prepare high-performance PCL matrix composites. In this study, a composite catalytic system of modified halloysite nanotubes loaded with stannous chloride (APTES-P-h-HNTs-SnCl 2 ) was successfully synthesized via hydroxylation, calcination, silane coupling agent modification and physical loading. It was used to catalyze the microwave-assisted in situ ROP of ε-CL to synthesize PCL matrix nanocomposites with modified halloysite nanotubes (PCL-HNTs). The structure, morphology, polymerization, thermal properties and electrochemical performance of products were subsequently investigated. The results show that PCL-HNTs have been successfully synthesized with connected petal-like and porous structures. Compared with PCL, the film-forming and thermal properties of PCL-HNTs have been significantly improved. Moreover, PCL-HNTs have a potential application value in the field of solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs).
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