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Synthesis of Recycled Poly(ethylene terephthalate)/Polyacrylonitrile/Styrene Composite Nanofibers by Electrospinning and Their Mechanical Properties Evaluation

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Consumption of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) products has increased dramatically in recent decades, resulting in the generation of a large amount of PET waste. For that reason, is necessary to find a new application of recycled material. In this article, we report the synthesis and characterization of recycled poly (ethylene terephthalate) (RPET) obtained from the chemical recycling of post-consumer PET bottles by glycolysis method and the formation of composites nanofibers RPET/polyacrylonitrile (PAN)/styrene (ST). The RPET synthesis was studied through infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The viscosity and frequency sweep of the polymeric solutions was evaluated. The composites nanofibers were elaborated by the electrospinning technique and characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), FT-IR, TGA/DSC and nanoindentation. The RPET/PAN/ST composite nanofibers present an average diameter of 456 nm and higher thermal stability compared PAN fibers. The mechanical properties such as hardness and elastic modulus were 4.5 and 7.5 times PAN fibers values, respectively.

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The authors acknowledge the support of the DGIP-Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, through of the PROFAPI 2015/066 project and to the CONACYT, for the financial support for the development of this work.

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  1. Facultad de Ingeniería Mochis, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico

    Manuel J. Chinchillas-Chinchillas, Clemente G. Alvarado-Beltrán, Jorge L. Almaral-Sánchez & Andrés Castro-Beltrán

  2. Departamento de Metalurgia, Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, S.C., Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico

    Víctor M. Orozco-Carmona

  3. Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico

    Selene Sepulveda-Guzman

  4. Departamento de Investigación, Universidad Politécnica de Apodaca, Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico

    Luis E. Jasso-Ramos

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Chinchillas-Chinchillas, M.J., Orozco-Carmona, V.M., Alvarado-Beltrán, C.G. et al. Synthesis of Recycled Poly(ethylene terephthalate)/Polyacrylonitrile/Styrene Composite Nanofibers by Electrospinning and Their Mechanical Properties Evaluation. J Polym Environ 27, 659–669 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-019-01379-1

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