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Rapid capture of flow carbon dioxide by hard Epoxy thermosets with the high glass transition temperature

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Epoxy thermoset polymer materials (P1, P2, and P3) using resorcinol diglycidyl ether (RE) with different primary amines having aliphatic and aromatic backbones were prepared without using any transition metal-based catalyst and solvent. The polymerization was carried out with comonomers in the presence of non-nucleophilic base 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) and CO2 gas through bulk copolymerization within 10-15 min at 100 °C yielding the cross-linked polymer. This cross-linking reaction can capture CO2 while forming a thermoset. The ring-strain-induced reactivity of oxiranes and the proton-removing ability of the sterically hindered non-nucleophilic base have driven the copolymerization reactions. Considering the fast pace in which the reaction occurred and the material’s hardness, the method reported here has the potential for large-scale industrial application. The resultant epoxy thermosets showed high glass transition temperature (Tg) in the range of 67–106 °C and possessed hardness up to 24.26 HV in the Vickers microhardness scale.

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Epoxy thermoset polymer materials are prepared from resorcinol diglycidyl ether (RE) reactions with different primary amines. These materials capture carbon dioxide rapidly during the cross-linking reactions yielding highly abrasive materials as determined by the Vickers microhardness tester.

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Authors thank UGC, India, for funding through the BSR fellowship (VRV), UGC JRF (SK), and CAS program. We thank Prof. Jai Prakash Gautam, SEST, University of Hyderabad, for hardness measurements. Vickers hardness tester was purchased under the PURSE grant.

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    Venkateswara Rao Velpuri, Seelam Kumari & Krishnamurthi Muralidharan

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Velpuri, V.R., Kumari, S. & Muralidharan, K. Rapid capture of flow carbon dioxide by hard Epoxy thermosets with the high glass transition temperature. J Chem Sci 135, 24 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12039-023-02139-4

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