The manufacture of organic carbonate-poly(methyl ethylacrylate) nanowebs with thermal buffering effect

Emel Onder, Nihal Sarier*, Refik Arat

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Abstract

In this study, novel nanowebs provided with thermal buffering properties were developed via coaxial electrospinning. Environmental friendly and nontoxic dialkyl and dialkenyl carbonates (DACs), namely, didecyl carbonate, didodecyl carbonate, ditetradecyl carbonate, dihexadecyl carbonate, dioctadecyl carbonate and dioleyl carbonate were synthesized from their fatty alcohols based on carbonate interchange reaction. Then the DAC-PMEA nanowebs were produced using 10–50 w% DAC in 3:1 chloroform-ethanol solution as core and 15 w% poly(methyl ethylacrylate) (PMEA)in ethanol as shell by coaxial electrospinning. The SEM images of the nanowebs presented randomly oriented, ultrafine fibers identified with smooth surfaces, continuous and cylindrical shapes. The nanowebs were able to provide considerable enthalpies (40–100 J g−1) during their repeated phase changes, up to hundred heating-cooling cycles, corresponding to 52–92% efficiencies obtained from electrospinning. These shape stabilized, lightweight DAC-PMEA nanowebs showed a significant potential for the dynamic thermal insulation applications across various industries, especially for the protection of temperature sensitive materials.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)170-184
Number of pages15
JournalThermochimica Acta
Volume657
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Nov 2017

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier B.V.

Funding

We would like to thank The Scientific & Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) for the financial support of this study (project code: TUBITAK 213M281). We acknowledge Istanbul Kultur University for their financial support. We are also thankful to Evonik Company (USA) for supplying Eudragit L100-55 copolymer.

FundersFunder number
Istanbul Kultur University
Scientific & Technical Research Council of Turkey
TUBITAK213M281

    Keywords

    • Coaxial electrospinning
    • Nanoweb
    • Organic carbonate
    • Phase change material
    • Thermal properties

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