Furfural-based Renewable Polyesters with Tailored Functionalities
Thesis event information
Date and time of the thesis defence
Place of the thesis defence
L5 auditorium, Linnanmaa campus
Topic of the dissertation
Furfural-based Renewable Polyesters with Tailored Functionalities
Doctoral candidate
Master of Science Asmaa M. Ahmed
Faculty and unit
University of Oulu Graduate School, Faculty of Technology, Research unit of Sustainable Chemistry
Subject of study
Utilization of biomasses as a raw material source to produce highly promising renewable polymers
Opponent
Professor Chunlin Xu, Åbo Akademi
Custos
Associate professor Juha Heiskanen, Kestävä kemia
Furfural-based Renewable Polyesters with Tailored Functionalities
The environmental impact of plastic pollution and the escalating concern regarding climate change underscores the urgent necessity of establishing a biobased materials economy. In the burgeoning field of biobased polymer science, this thesis probes into the potential of furan derivatives, specifically furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, as key raw materials for advanced polymers. In this work, furfural-derived monomers, their resultant homopolymers, and copolymers were studied. The resulting furan-based polymers exhiabtied high oxygen barrier properties and UV filtering capabilities.
Last updated: 23.1.2024