Patent ID: 11912819
Assignee: VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC.
Field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 1:
2. The bifuran polyester of claim 1, comprising:
semicrystalline polyethylene-2,2′-bifuran-5,5′-dicarboxylate (PEBF) having a melting peak (Tm) with ΔHf equal to or greater than 10 J/g on the second heating ramp in a heat/cool/reheat differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) scan over a temperature range from 30° C. to 300° C. with heating and cooling rates of 10° C./min and holding the sample at temperature for 3 min before and after the cooling ramp.