Mono-Materials Created by Engineering a Continuum of P3HB Stereomicrostructures in a One-Step Catalytic Process.

ABSTRACT: Multi-material products that combine multiple complementary polymers can create products with desired performance but present challenges to end-of-life (EoL) management. The emerging mono-material product design based on a single polymer type addresses the fundamental EoL issue, but challenges of delivering vastly tunable material properties by the single polymer still remain. Here, we introduce a simple strategy to produce biodegradable poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (P3HB) materials with a wide range of material properties by engineering a stereomicrostructure continuum, achieved through polymerizing diastereomeric mixtures of racemic and meso-dimethyl diolides at various feed ratios with a single catalyst. This one-step, one-pot process produces biodegradable P3HB mono-materials ranging from r

SUBMITTER: Quinn EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12811665 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature