Background

　High-performance plastics are widely used as the industrial materials for not only the establishment of safe and reliable society but also the contribution of less energy consumption. All high-performance plastics are produced from the petroleum now.

Objectives

  In order to save the consumption of petroleum for the depression of carbon dioxide, these plastics should be produced from the renewable resources, that is biomass. 1.4-Furane dicarboxylic acid (FDCA), which is an aromatic compound, is a hopeful candidate for the row materials for high-performance plastics. Our research group successfully prepared the wholly aromatic polyesters and aromatic poly(ether ketone)s derived from FDCA, and clarified their high potentials for the high-performance plastics. In the case of poly(ether ketone)s, they could not be synthesized by the conventional polymerization method. High molecular weight poly(ether ketone)s could be prepared the polymerization in ionic solvents. These bio-based aromatic polymers will be able to replace the conventional super-engineering plastics and they will contribute the depression of the carbon dioxide emission. Our research group continues the preparation of the bio-based aromatic plastics to show the novel methodology for the preparation of aromatic plastics.
 

 

URL

http://www.ecm.okayama-u.ac.jp/polymer/index.html