Renewable polyol-based biodegradable polyesters as greener plastics for industrial applications

KR Kunduru, R Hogerat, K Ghosal… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The utilization of bio-based materials to develop sustainable products is an emerging area
of research. Renewable biomass-derived monomers have gained prominence in recent …

Castor oil: properties, uses, and optimization of processing parameters in commercial production

VR Patel, GG Dumancas, LCK Viswanath… - Lipid …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Castor oil, produced from castor beans, has long been considered to be of important
commercial value primarily for the manufacturing of soaps, lubricants, and coatings, among …

Fate of so‐called biodegradable polymers in seawater and freshwater

AR Bagheri, C Laforsch, A Greiner… - Global …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The stability of polymers with C C and stable C heteroatom backbones against
chemicals, hydrolysis, temperature, light, and microbes has challenged society with the …

Renewable polyurethanes from sustainable biological precursors

TA Phung Hai, M Tessman, N Neelakantan… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Due to the depletion of fossil fuels, higher oil prices, and greenhouse gas emissions, the
scientific community has been conducting an ongoing search for viable renewable …

Biobased heat resistant epoxy resin with extremely high biomass content from 2, 5-furandicarboxylic acid and eugenol

JT Miao, L Yuan, Q Guan, G Liang… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Preparing a biobased (biomass-based) high performance epoxy resin with extremely large
biomass content is of great importance for sustainable development. Herein, a new epoxy …

Polymers and composites derived from castor oil as sustainable materials and degradable biomaterials: current status and emerging trends

I Chakraborty, K Chatterjee - Biomacromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
Recent years have seen rapid growth in utilizing vegetable oils to derive a wide variety of
polymers to replace petroleum-based polymers for minimizing environmental impact …

Polylactides—Methods of synthesis and characterization

J Pretula, S Slomkowski, S Penczek - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Polylactides with various molar masses, microstructures and crystallinities are used as
degradable and biocompatible polymers suitable for preparation of drug carriers and …

Developments of biobased plasticizers for compostable polymers in the green packaging applications: A review

A Alhanish, M Abu Ghalia - Biotechnology Progress, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The demand for biobased materials for various end‐uses in the bioplastic industry is
substantially growing due to increasing awareness of health and environmental concerns …

Engineering flame retardant epoxy resins with strengthened mechanical property by using reactive catechol functionalized DOPO compounds

D Jiao, H Zhao, H Sima, C Cheng, B Liu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, we synthesized a 9, 10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene-10-oxide
(DOPO) derivative flame retardant dopamine modified DOPO (DOPO-DA) for flame retardant …

[HTML][HTML] Nanostructured bio-based castor oil organogels for the cleaning of artworks

G Poggi, HD Santan, J Smets, D Chelazzi… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Organic solvents are often used for cleaning highly water-sensitive artifacts in
modern/contemporary art. Due to the toxicity of most solvents, confining systems must be …