Year 2024

• iPP/HDPE blends compatibilized by a polyester: An unconventional concept to valuable products

  Publication

  • L. Jasińska-Walc
  • J. Kruszyński
  • W. Nowicka
  • R. Duchateau
  • M. Bouyahyi
  • L. Yang
  • A. Różański
  • L. Yingxin
  • D. Parisi
  • A. Farhan

  - Science Advances - Year 2024

  Polyolefins are the most widely used plastics accounting for a large fraction of the polymer waste stream. Although reusing polyolefins seems to be a logical choice, their recycling level remains disappointingly low. This is mainly due to the lack of large-scale availability of efficient and inexpensive compatibilizers for mixed polyolefin waste, typically consisting of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and isotactic polypropylene...

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Year 2023

• Unprecedented Adhesive Performance of Propylene-Based Hydroxyl Functionalized Terpolymers

  Publication

  • J. Kruszyński
  • W. Nowicka
  • M. Bouyahyi
  • Y. Liu
  • L. Yang
  • A. Rozanski
  • N. Anbuchezhian
  • L. Jasińska-Walc
  • R. Duchateau

  - ACS Applied Polymer Materials - Year 2023

  The synthesis of hydroxyl functionalized propylene-based terpolymers and their performance as hot melt adhesives were investigated. The products comprise uniformly distributed butyl and 4-hydroxyl-butyl branches along the polypropylene backbone. Despite the low hydroxyl-functionality level of ≤ 0.5 mol%, hydroxyl functionalized terpolymers show formidable adhesion to aluminum and steel providing an adhesive strength exceeding 16...

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Year 2021

• Preparation of Well-Compatibilized PP/PC Blends and Foams Thereof

  Publication

  • L. Jasińska-Walc
  • R. Duchateau
  • M. Bouyahyi
  • J. Kruszyński
  • A. Tercjak
  • A. Różański
  • E. Troisi
  • Y. Liu
  • L. Yang
  • M. Sienkiewicz
  • O. Ivashkiv

  - ACS Applied Polymer Materials - Year 2021

  The performance of polypropylene-poly(ethylene brassylate) block and graft copolymers and a polypropylene-polycaprolactone graft copolymer as compatibilizers for polypropylene-rich polypropylene/bisphenol A polycarbonate (PP/PC, 80/20 wt/wt) blends was elucidated. The copolymers were synthesized either by metal-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization or transesterification of a presynthesized polyester, initiated by hydroxyl-functionalized...

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