Sustainable polymers

AK Mohanty, F Wu, R Mincheva… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Sustainable polymers are materials derived from renewable, recycled and waste carbon
resources and their combinations, which at the end of life can be recycled, biodegraded or …

Biobased covalent adaptable networks: towards better sustainability of thermosets

XL Zhao, PX Tian, YD Li, JB Zeng - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermosets have many advantages such as excellent mechanical properties, dimensional
stability, and chemical and environmental resistance, but suffer from unsustainability …

Future opportunities for bio-based adhesives–advantages beyond renewability

LA Heinrich - Green chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Bio-based materials are attracting more and more attention in all fields due to their improved
environmental footprint and due to the independence from petroleum resources that comes …

Natural polyphenols as versatile platforms for material engineering and surface functionalization

LQ Xu, KG Neoh, ET Kang - Progress in Polymer Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Polyphenols, the ubiquitous secondary metabolites of plants, are an important part of human
diet and are essential for plant functions. They have attracted considerable interest due to …

Renewable polyols for advanced polyurethane foams from diverse biomass resources

P Furtwengler, L Avérous - Polymer Chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Polyols, used for making polyurethane (PU) and polyisocyanurate (PIR) foams, are a topic of
interest due to the strong growth of the foam market during the last few decades. Polyols …

Tannic acid as biobased flame retardants: a review

X Wang, G Yang, H Guo - Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 2023 - Elsevier
One of the pressing issues in the field of fire safety is the sustainable flame retardancy of
polymer materials. Bio-based flame retardants are one of the emerging and promising areas …

Network design to control polyimine vitrimer properties: physical versus chemical approach

R Hajj, A Duval, S Dhers, L Avérous - Macromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
A family of biobased polyimine elastomeric vitrimers was synthesized by reactions between
di-and trifunctional polyetheramines and a furan-based dialdehyde. By varying the triamine …

Biosourced acetal and Diels–Alder adduct concurrent polyurethane covalent adaptable network

Q Li, S Ma, P Li, B Wang, H Feng, N Lu, S Wang… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conventional polyurethane (PU) thermosets are built by nonrenewable petrifaction
resources and are burdensome to be recycled, reprocessed, and reshaped in virtue of their …

Sustainable lignin modifications and processing methods: green chemistry as the way forward

B Jacobs, Y Yao, I Van Nieuwenhove, D Sharma… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The anthropologic impact on climate has reached a critical level given that society relies on
non-renewable fossil resources for energy. Thus, to alleviate this, lignins can play a key role …

Incorporating tannin onto regenerated cellulose film towards sustainable active packaging

X Huang, Y Ji, L Guo, Q Xu, L **, Y Fu… - Industrial Crops and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Packaging materials from biodegradable and renewable natural resources have received
more and more attention. In this work, novel tannin-cellulose films with high antioxidant and …