GOALI: Functional Polysulfides From Elemental Sulfur as Crosslinking Agents for Rubber Vulcanization

GOALI：元素硫的功能性多硫化物作为橡胶硫化的交联剂

• 批准号: 1807395
• 负责人: Jeffrey Pyun
• 金额: $ 45万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1807395&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GOALI; Functional; Polysulfides; Elemental; Sulfur

The production of rubber is an important industry as noted by the wide range of rubber based products on the market and the large demands for rubber tires. Despite the maturity of the rubber and tire industries, there remain fundamental scientific challenges in improving the properties of these materials, which arise from limitations in the crosslinking chemistry to harden, or vulcanize rubber precursors. In this collaboration between Professor Jeffrey Pyun at the University of Arizona and Dr. Paul Endres at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, the research team aims to develop novel sulfur-based crosslinkers for the production of the next generation rubber with improved properties. It has long been known that tire performance alone can profoundly impact the fuel efficiency in automobiles. The use of sulfur-based crosslinking agents also provides the petroleum industry avenues to consume excess sulfur waste generated from fossil fuel refining. Hence, this research is anticipated to broadly impact the rubber industry, automobiles, petroleum industry, and sustainability. This project provides opportunities for research training and industrial experience to undergraduate and graduate students, preparing a skilled workforce of industry.In this synergistic collaboration between academia and industry, Prof. Pyun and Dr. Endres aims to provide a new technological route to enhanced rubber and tire products. Prof. Pyun develops novel approaches to large-scale synthesis of polysulfides, as soluble sulfur crosslinking agents for rubber vulcanization, from the polymerization of elemental sulfur with vinylic and electronically activated aromatic co-monomers. The compositional tunability of the synthetic methods enables the introduction of organic co-monomer units that can improve the compatibility and reactivity of the sulfur phase with polydienes (rubber precursors). Using the specialized industrial facilities at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Dr. Endres incorporates the novel polysulfide crosslinkers in formulations for vulcanization of rubber and evaluates the mechanical properties of the resulting materials.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

橡胶生产是一个重要的行业，市场上橡胶制品种类繁多，对橡胶轮胎的需求量很大。 尽管橡胶和轮胎工业已经成熟，但在改善这些材料的性能方面仍然存在根本性的科学挑战，这是由于硬化或硫化橡胶前体的交联化学的限制而产生的。 在亚利桑那大学的 Jeffrey Pyun 教授和固特异轮胎橡胶公司的 Paul Endres 博士之间的合作中，研究团队旨在开发新型硫基交联剂，用于生产性能改进的下一代橡胶。 众所周知，轮胎性能本身就可以深刻影响汽车的燃油效率。 硫基交联剂的使用还为石油工业提供了消耗化石燃料精炼过程中产生的过量硫废物的途径。 因此，这项研究预计将对橡胶工业、汽车、石油工业和可持续发展产生广泛影响。 该项目为本科生和研究生提供研究培训和工业经验的机会，培养工业技术熟练的劳动力。在学术界和工业界的协同合作中，Pyun 教授和 Endres 博士旨在为增强橡胶和工业领域提供一条新的技术路线。轮胎产品。 Pyun 教授开发了大规模合成多硫化物的新方法，作为橡胶硫化的可溶性硫交联剂，通过元素硫与乙烯基和电子活化的芳香族共聚单体的聚合。 合成方法的组成可调性使得能够引入有机共聚单体单元，从而提高硫相与聚二烯（橡胶前体）的相容性和反应性。 Endres 博士利用固特异轮胎和橡胶公司的专业工业设施，将新型多硫化物交联剂融入橡胶硫化配方中，并评估所得材料的机械性能。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并被认为值得支持通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估。

项目成果

Polymerizations with Elemental Sulfur: From Petroleum Refining to Polymeric Materials

元素硫聚合：从石油精炼到聚合材料

• DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c09329
• 发表时间: 2021-12
• 期刊: Journal of the American Chemical Society
• 影响因子: 15
• 作者: Lee, Taeheon;Dirlam, Philip T.;Njardarson, Jon T.;Glass, Richard S.;Pyun, Jeffrey
• 通讯作者: Pyun, Jeffrey

100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: High Refractive Index Polymers from Elemental Sulfur for Infrared Thermal Imaging and Optics

高分子科学观点 100 周年：用于红外热成像和光学的元素硫高折射率聚合物

• DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.9b00948
• 发表时间: 2020-01
• 期刊: ACS Macro Letters
• 影响因子: 7.015
• 作者: Kleine, Tristan S.;Glass, Richard S.;Lichtenberger, Dennis L.;Mackay, Michael E.;Char, Kookheon;Norwood, Robert A.;Pyun, Jeffrey
• 通讯作者: Pyun, Jeffrey

Infrared Fingerprint Engineering: A Molecular‐Design Approach to Long‐Wave Infrared Transparency with Polymeric Materials

红外指纹工程：利用聚合物材料实现长波红外透明度的分子设计方法

• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201910856
• 发表时间: 2019-10
• 期刊: Angewandte Chemie International Edition
• 作者: Kleine, Tristan S.;Lee, Taeheon;Carothers, Kyle J.;Hamilton, Meghan O.;Anderson, Laura E.;Ruiz Diaz, Liliana;Lyons, Nicholas P.;Coasey, Keith R.;Parker, Jr., Wallace O.;Borghi, Ludovico;et al
• 通讯作者: et al

Segmented Polyurethanes and Thermoplastic Elastomers from Elemental Sulfur with Enhanced Thermomechanical Properties and Flame Retardancy

具有增强热机械性能和阻燃性的单质硫嵌段聚氨酯和热塑性弹性体

• DOI: 10.1002/anie.202109115
• 发表时间: 2021-09
• 期刊: Angewandte Chemie International Edition
• 作者: Kang, Kyung‐Seok;Phan, Anthony;Olikagu, Chisom;Lee, Taeheon;Loy, Douglas A.;Kwon, Minho;Paik, Hyun‐jong;Hong, Seung Jae;Bang, Joona;Parker, Jr., Wallace O.;et al
• 通讯作者: et al

Dynamic Covalent Polymerization of Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymer Resins with Norbornenyl Comonomers

硫属化物杂化无机/有机聚合物树脂与降冰片烯基共聚单体的动态共价聚合

• DOI: 10.1007/s13233-020-8136-7
• 发表时间: 2020-10
• 期刊: Macromolecular Research
• 影响因子: 2.4
• 作者: Kwon, Minho;Lee, Hongchan;Lee, Seo;Jeon, Heung Bae;Oh, Min;Pyun, Jeffrey;Paik, Hyun
• 通讯作者: Paik, Hyun