Thongkam, Montree

Preferred name

Thongkam, Montree

Main Affiliation

School of Science

Email

montree.th@kmitl.ac.th

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Vitrimer-like of poly (glycerol sebacate) by using zinc acetate, zinc oxide and Amberlyst as catalysts
(2023-01-01)
Thongkam, Montree
;
Saowsupa, Sairoong
;
Rungrojchaipon, Pesak
Polyglycerol sebacate (PGS) is elastomeric biodegradable polymer with potential biomedical and green packaging applications. This study focuses on the synthesis of vitrimer-like PGS utilizing various catalysts, including Zinc acetate, Zinc oxide and Amberlyst-15. The investigation of vitrimer-like of PGS polymer by polycondensation of glycerol and sebacic acid with various molar ratio of 1:1, 1:1.25 and 1:1.5 will be studied. The synthetic time and temperature were controlled at 72 h, 120 <sup>°</sup>C, respectively. The prepolymer of PGS had a weight-average molecular weight (Mw.) of 1743. The result of functional group was confirmed by Fourier transforms Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The intense C[dbnd]O stretch at 1737 cm<sup>−1</sup> confirms the formation of ester bonds. The intense OH stretch at 3454 cm<sup>−1</sup> indicated hydroxyl groups from hydrogen bonded. When the quantity of catalyst is increased, the results of hardness are rising but swelling (%) becomes lower. The results showed a polymer network has higher cross-link when the catalyst increases. In addition, the proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (<sup>1</sup>H NMR) analysis found that PGS using catalyst does not have peaks of glycerol.