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A. Navaruckienė “Synthesis and investigation of properties of vanillin-based cross-linked polymers” doctoral dissertation defense

Thesis defense

Author, Institution: Auksė Navaruckienė, Kaunas University of Technology

Science area, field of science: Technological Sciences, Chemical Engineering, T005

Scientific Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jolita Ostrauskaitė (Kaunas University of Technology, Technological Sciences, Chemical Engineering, T005)

Dissertation Defense Board of Chemical Engineering Science Field:
Prof. Dr. Raimundas Šiaučiūnas (Kaunas University of Technology, Technological Sciences, Chemical Engineering, T005) – chairperson
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Joana Bendoraitienė (Kaunas University of Technology, Technological Sciences, Chemical Engineering, T005)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vaidas Klimkevičius (Vilnius University, Natural Sciences, Chemistry, N003)
Prof. Dr. Viktorija Plavan (Kyiv National University of Technology and Design, Ukraine, Technological Sciences, Chemical Engineering, T005)
Prof. Dr. Virgilijus Valeika (Kaunas University of Technology, Technological Sciences, Chemical Engineering, T005)

 

Dissertation defense meeting will be at Rectorate Hall of Kaunas University of Technology (K. Donelaičio 73 – 402, Kaunas)

 

The doctoral dissertation is available at the library of Kaunas University of Technology (Gedimino 50, Kaunas)

 

Annotation: Substitution of petroleum-derived materials with plant-based materials in polymer synthesis is beneficial due to their low toxicity, reduced dependence on finite fossil resources, and lower greenhouse gas emissions. Vanillin is one of a few bio-based and aromatic compounds that are industrially available. In recent years, vanillin and its derivatives attracted a huge interest of scientific community as valuable source of monomers for polymer synthesis. The aim of this work was to develop new vanillin-based photocross-linked polymers for microtransfer molding and optical 3D printing technologies. During this study six series of vanillin-based polymers and one separate resin were developed and the influence of vanillin derivative, comonomers and photoinitiator to the properties of the resulting polymers was investigated. Vanillin acrylate-based resin and vanillin dimethacrylate-based resins with tridecyl methacrylate and 1,3-benzenedithiol are suitable for application in microtransfer molding, as they were able to replicate unique features of the target. Photosensitive dual-curable resin composed of vanillin dimethacrylate, acrylated epoxidized soybean oil and pentaerythritol tetrakis(3-mercaptopropionate) is suitable for optical 3D printing technology as it showed high printing accuracy and good layer adhesion.

 

September 15 d. 10:00

Rectorate Hall at Kaunas University of Technology (K. Donelaičio 73-402, Kaunas)

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