The development of viable alternatives to petroleum-based polymeric materials is a
compelling contemporary challenge attributable to environmental concerns and the effects …

The utilization of vegetable oils is currently in the spotlight of the chemical industry, as they
are one of the most important renewable platform chemicals due to their universal …

The study of the chemistry of compounds containing Si-O bonds has for many years been
dominated by both silica and minerals for which the formula unit SiO2 is important, or by the …

This review presents the recent advances in the synthesis, properties and applications of
thermosetting materials derived from renewable resources. Thermosetting materials are …

The utilization of plant oil renewable resources as raw materials for monomers and polymers
is discussed and reviewed. In an age of increasing oil prices, global warming and other …

Compared with the rapid progress on bio‐based thermoplastics, research on bio‐based
thermosetting resins should have attracted much more attention, considering that they will …

The environmentally friendly vegetable-oil-based waterborne polyurethane dispersions with
very promising properties have been successfully synthesized without difficulty from a series …

The last two decades have witnessed an exponential growth in the interest for using bio-
derived products, which has been driven by the need for replacing petroleum based …

Functionalization of vegetable oils (VOs) including edible, non-edible, and waste cooking oil
(WCOs) to epoxides (EVOs) is receiving great attention by many researchers from academia …

Three modification methods, which either improved molecular weight, orientation or the
number of functional groups, were employed to increase the cross-linking density of …