122nd General Meeting of the KCS

Type Poster Presentation
Area Polymer Chemistry
Room No. Grand Ballroom
Time 10월 18일 (목요일) 11:00~12:30
Code POLY.P-14
Subject Development of eco-friendly TPEE manufacturing technology
Authors Mi ran Kim, Minsun Lee, Yunju Chang, Youngdo Kwon*
Innovative Materials Research, Samyang Corporation, Korea
Abstract Thermoplastic polyether ester elastomer(TPEEs) consist of two types of chemically different segments, hard-crystalline and soft-amorphous segments, and show a phase-separated microstructure. Due to the phase-separated microstructure, TPEEs combine the elasticity and flexibility of rubbers and the processability of thermoplastics. The properties of TPEEs depend on the chemical nature and incompatibility of the two types of segments, hard and soft, as well as on their mass ratio and respective lengths. Several kinds of monomers are used depending on the physical properties. Recently, as the interest in the environment has increased, we have developed a manufacturing method that can easily adjust the melting point while improving the environmental friendliness by using monomers derived from plant raw materials and maintaining the physical properties of TPEEs.
E-mail miran.kim@samyang.com