Bio-based polyesters: Recent progress and future prospects

Q Zhang, M Song, Y Xu, W Wang, Z Wang… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The development of sustainable and environmentally friendly polymer materials is among
the most pressing contemporary challenges for polymer science and engineering. Bio …

Castor oil as a renewable resource for the chemical industry

H Mutlu, MAR Meier - European Journal of Lipid Science and …, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
Castor oil is, as many other plant oils, a very valuable renewable resource for the chemical
industry. This review article provides an overview on this specialty oil, covering its …

Improving biodiesel yields from waste cooking oil by using sodium methoxide and a microwave heating system

KS Chen, YC Lin, KH Hsu, HK Wang - Energy, 2012‏ - Elsevier
The major obstacle to biodiesel commercialization is the high cost of biodiesel. Biodiesel
made from waste cooking oil is an economical source that can effectively reduce raw …

Novel fatty acid based di-isocyanates towards the synthesis of thermoplastic polyurethanes

AS More, T Lebarbé, L Maisonneuve, B Gadenne… - European Polymer …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Fatty acid derivatives have been successfully transformed into diisocyanates via a non-
phosgene and green method. The structure of these novel diisocyanates was confirmed …

A comprehensive review of castor oil‐derived renewable and sustainable industrial products

S Singh, S Sharma, SJ Sarma… - … Progress & Sustainable …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Castor oil is one important raw material that could serve as a renewable feedstock for
industries in the age of exhausting fossil fuels. The chemical composition of oil and the …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in cadaverine bacterial production and its applications

W Ma, K Chen, Y Li, N Hao, X Wang, P Ouyang - Engineering, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Cadaverine, a natural polyamine with multiple bioactivities that is widely distributed in
prokaryotes and eukaryotes, is becoming an important industrial chemical. Cadaverine …

Vegetable oils: a source of polyols for polyurethane materials

L Maisonneuve, G Chollet, E Grau… - OCL Oilseeds and fats …, 2016‏ - hal.science
This manuscript is dedicated to the literature on vegetable oil-based polyurethanes via the
isocyanate/alcohol route. A lot of efforts have been made to replace petroleum-based …

Boosting decarboxylation of monomethyl adipate coupling to dimethyl sebacate through Pt electrode at high current density

L Cong, Y Wu, N Lin, X Li, F Liu, F Han, J Yang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Dimethyl sebacate is an essential organic chemical, yet its conventional high-temperature
pyrolytic synthesis process is marked by complexity, energy intensity, environmental …

Microwave synthesis and melt blending of glycerol based toughening agent with poly (lactic acid)

G Coativy, M Misra, AK Mohanty - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
Glycerol is a byproduct of the biodiesel industry. The target of the following work was to
produce a biopolyester based on glycerol, and to blend it with poly (lactic acid)(PLA) to …

Synthesis of biodiesel through catalytic transesterification of various feedstocks using fast solvothermal technology: a critical review

S Soltani, U Rashid, R Yunus, YH Taufiq-Yap - Catalysis Reviews, 2015‏ - Taylor & Francis
The fossil fuel reserves are depleting at a more rapid rate as a result of the population
growth and the ensuing energy utilization. Biodiesel is a mixture of fatty acid methyl esters …