Bio-based Thermosetting Polymers from Vegetable Oils

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2013

Publication Title

Journal of Renewable Materials

DOI

10.7569/JRM.2012.634103

ISSN

2164-6341

Abstract

Vegetable oils are promising renewable resources for polymers, due to their low cost, ready availability, and versatile applications. Recently, increasing attention has been paid to vegetable oil-based polymeric materials due to both economic and environmental concerns. This review focuses on the latest developments in vegetable oil-based thermosets prepared by a variety of polymerization methods. The thermosets obtained exhibit a wide range of thermomechanical properties from soft and flexible rubbers to rigid and hard plastics. Some of the thermosets have properties comparable to petroleum-based analogs and show promise as replacements, providing possible solutions to environmental and energy concerns.

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