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Xu F, Ma W, Wang W, Wang H, An S, Zhu Z, Wang R. Fully bio-based intumescent flame retardant hybrid: A green strategy towards reducing fire hazard and improving degradation of polylactic acid. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 269:131985. [PMID: 38692538 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.131985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2024] [Revised: 04/20/2024] [Accepted: 04/28/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
Abstract
Polylactic acid (PLA) is a promising renewable polymer material with excellent biodegradability and good mechanical properties. However, the easy flammability and slow natural degradation limited its further applications, especially in high-security fields. In this work, a fully bio-based intumescent flame-retardant system was designed to reduce the fire hazard of PLA. Firstly, arginine (Arg) and phytic acid (PA) were combined through electrostatic ionic interaction, followed by the introduction of starch as a carbon source, namely APS. The UL-94 grade of PLA/APS composites reached V-0 grade by adding 3 wt% of APS and exhibited excellent anti-dripping performance. With APS addition increasing to 7 wt%, LOI value increased to 26 % and total heat release decreased from 58.4 (neat PLA) to 51.1 MJ/m2. Moreover, the addition of APS increased its crystallinity up to 83.5 % and maintained the mechanical strength of pristine PLA. Noteworthy, APS accelerated the degradation rate of PLA under submerged conditions. Compared with pristine PLA, PLA/APS showed more apparent destructive network morphology and higher mass and Mn loss, suggesting effective degradation promotion. This work provides a full biomass modification strategy to construct renewable plastic with both good flame retardancy and high degradation efficiency.
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- Fei Xu
- Materials Design & Engineering Department, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- Materials Design & Engineering Department, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- Materials Design & Engineering Department, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Clothing Materials R&D and Assessment, Beijing Engineering Research Center of Textile Nanofiber, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- Materials Design & Engineering Department, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- Materials Design & Engineering Department, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- Materials Design & Engineering Department, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Clothing Materials R&D and Assessment, Beijing Engineering Research Center of Textile Nanofiber, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- Materials Design & Engineering Department, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Clothing Materials R&D and Assessment, Beijing Engineering Research Center of Textile Nanofiber, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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Guo M, Wang W, Zhai B, Li J, Zhang L, Li J, Luo K, Wang R. Ti 3C 2T x MXene-based hybrid nanocoating for flame retardant, early fire-warning and piezoresistive tension sensing smart polyester fabrics. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:4811-4825. [PMID: 38312063 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr06604e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2024]
Abstract
Flammability feature of textiles is a big underlying risk causing fire disasters. The fabrication of reliable fire resistant and quick fire warning fabrics is imperative but challenging. Herein, three types of early fire-warning polyester fabrics, namely, FPP@AM-X, FPP@PM-X and FPP@AX-M1, with good flame retardant and piezoresistive sensing performance were developed by fabricating polyethyleneimine (PEI), ammonium polyphosphate (APP), phytic acid (PA) and MXenes onto phosphorus-containing flame retardant polyethylene terephthalate (FRPET) via polydopamine (PDA) mediated layer-by-layer self-assembly. Owing to the improved thermoelectric properties of MXenes, FPP@A5-M1 exhibited a maximum thermoelectric voltage of 0.59 mV at a temperature difference of 130 °C and can provide an ideal cyclic early fire warning response within 4 s. In addition, due to the synergistic flame retardant effect of MXenes and APP in the coating layer, FPP@A5-M1 could be self-extinguished within 2 s after ignition and the value of peak heat release ratio and total smoke production decreased by 41.9% and 30.4%, respectively. Besides, the MXene-based hybrid coated fabric can detect the movement of human fingers and elbows, illustrating its potential application in piezoresistive tension sensing. This work provides a new route to designing and developing multi-functional and smart fire protection fabrics.
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- Menghan Guo
- Materials Design & Engineering Department, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- Materials Design & Engineering Department, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Clothing Materials R&D and Assessment, Beijing Engineering Research Center of Textile Nanofiber, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- No. 5 Geological Brigade of Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Taian, Shandong 271000, China
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- Materials Design & Engineering Department, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- Materials Design & Engineering Department, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Clothing Materials R&D and Assessment, Beijing Engineering Research Center of Textile Nanofiber, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- Materials Design & Engineering Department, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- Materials Design & Engineering Department, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- Materials Design & Engineering Department, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Clothing Materials R&D and Assessment, Beijing Engineering Research Center of Textile Nanofiber, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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Ma T, Wang W, Wang R. Thermal Degradation and Carbonization Mechanism of Fe-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks onto Flame-Retardant Polyethylene Terephthalate. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:polym15010224. [PMID: 36616573 PMCID: PMC9823990 DOI: 10.3390/polym15010224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Revised: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Currently, the metal-organic framework (MOF) is a promising candidate for flame-retardant polymers. In this study, a Fe-based MOF, MIL-88B(Fe), was introduced to polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and 3-hydroxyphenylphosphinyl-propanoic acid copolymer (P-PET) to reduce the fire hazard involved in using PET. The limiting oxygen indexes (LOIs) of MIL-PET and MIL-P-PET improved by 27% and 30%, respectively. The UL-94 level achieved for MIL-P-PET was V-0 rating. The thermal degradation and carbonization mechanisms of MIL-PET and MIL-P-PET were systematically investigated through thermogravimetric analysis coupled with a Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (TG-IR), pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC-MS), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and Raman spectrum combined with quantum chemical molecular dynamics simulation. With the addition of MIL-88B(Fe), high graphitization and a hard flammability char residual were generated. Compared with neat PET, the ferric ions efficiently catalyzed the homolytic cleavage and dehydrogenation of PET to produce a large amount of CO2 and terephthalic acid for MIL-PET in gas phase. Rough and hierarchical char residual with ferric oxide was also generated when temperatures exceeded 600 °C. However, the carbonization process was inhibited due to the coordinated complex between phosphorus and ferric ions in MIL-P-PET, invaliding the decarboxylation and generating more benzoic acid and its precursor, which led to heavy smoke.
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- Tianyi Ma
- Materials Design & Engineering Department, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- Materials Design & Engineering Department, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Clothing Materials R&D and Assessment, Beijing Engineering Research Center of Textile Nanofiber, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China
- Correspondence: (W.W.); (R.W.)
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- Materials Design & Engineering Department, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Clothing Materials R&D and Assessment, Beijing Engineering Research Center of Textile Nanofiber, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing 100029, China
- Correspondence: (W.W.); (R.W.)
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Tianyi M, Weiwen G, Wang Y, Wang W, Rui W. Thermal degradation and flame retardancy prediction of Fe, Al, and Cu-based metal-organic framework and polyethylene terephthalate nanocomposites using DFT calculation. POLYMER 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2022.125496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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