# Durable and recyclable biomimetic glycol lignin/polyolefin compounds for a circular economy

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91186413-3640-43fb-a9bb-fc66034421a1

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open_to_public

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## Created at

2024-08-28T01:41:30.497004Z

## Updated at

2025-01-04T07:30:39.335177Z

## Published at

2025-01-04T07:30:39.460814Z

## Doi

https://doi.org/10.48505/nims.4712

## First published url

https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ta06230a

## Date published

2024-01-02

## Recorded date published

2024-1-30

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## Title

- title: Durable and recyclable biomimetic glycol lignin/polyolefin compounds for
    a circular economy
  title_type: original
  lang: en

## Description

- description: Polyolefins are some of the most widely used plastics in the world
    due to being lightweight, low cost, and resistant to water and most chemicals.
    However, they are highly susceptible to photo-oxidative degradation under ultraviolet
    radiation, leading to environmental problems such as microplastic pollution, and
    furthermore making it difficult to recycle. In this paper, glycol-modified lignin
    (GL) is blended with polypropylene to form a bio-mimetic structure similar to
    human skin, in which melanin absorbs UV light and sunburned tissue is removed
    to reveal fresh skin. We show that GL acts as a simultaneous UV absorbent, antioxidant,
    and reinforcement, resulting in high retention of mechanical properties even after
    severe UV exposure, and nearly full recovery of the original properties after
    mechanical recycling. This performance is attributed to the compatibility of GL
    with maleic anhydride-grafted PP, which is greater than other types of lignin/polyolefin
    blends reported in the literature. This improves the durability and in-service
    performance of polyolefin-based composites and makes their end-of-life recycling
    possible. These results demonstrate the potential for more sustainable usage of
    polyolefins and biomass in various applications such as automobiles, containers,
    household items, and building components.
  description_type: abstract
  lang: en

## Creator

- name: Jonathon Tanks
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0232-8240
  organization: National Institute for Materials Science
- name: Kenji Tamura
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6578-0923
  organization: National Institute for Materials Science
- name: Kimiyoshi Naito
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3334-4876
  organization: National Institute for Materials Science
- name: Thi Thi Nge
  role: author
- name: Tatsuhiko Yamada
  role: author

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## Publisher

organization: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

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## Keyword

- subject: Lignin
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- subject: Polyolefin
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- subject: Recycle
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- subject: Durability
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- identifier: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

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## Embargo

start_date: 2024-01-02
end_date: 2025-01-02

## Journal

- title: Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  issn: '20507488'
  volume: '12'
  start_page: 3014
  end_page: 3025

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## Funding

- identifier: J008722
  funder_name: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

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