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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Allasia, Mariana
• Estevez, Virginia Gonzalez
• Chesta, Aldana A.
• Baccifava, Ruben
• Gugliotta, Luis M.
• Alvarez Igarzabal, Cecilia I.
• Picchio, Matías L.
• Minari, Roque J.

Titel

New insights into the properties of alkali-degradable thermosets based on epoxidized soy oil and plant-derived dicarboxylic acids

Ist Teil von

• Polymer (Guilford), 2021-10, Vol.232, p.124143, Article 124143

Ort / Verlag

Kidlington: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Fully green epoxy thermosets were synthesized by a catalyst-free curing process from epoxidized soy oil (ESO) and a series of naturally occurring dicarboxylic acids (DCAs). The effect of increasing the DCAs chain-length on the physicochemical properties of the obtained epoxy polymers is reported. A suite of techniques, including solvent extraction, thermal analysis, rheological and tensile tests, and degradability in alkaline and compost conditions, was used to investigate the behavior of these sustainable epoxy networks. The variation of DCAs chain-length provided tunability over mechanical and thermal properties. The thermosets could be wholly dissolved in alkaline aqueous solutions with minimal environmental impact. Overall, the as-prepared epoxy networks show excellent thermal and mechanical performance and have a great potential to be utilized as fully biobased coatings. [Display omitted] •Fully green thermosets were synthesized by a catalyst-free curing process.•An epoxidized plant oil and bio-based dicarboxylic acids were employed.•Bio-derived-polymers containing dicarboxylic acids with varied chain length.•The thermosets were dissolved in alkaline solutions with low environmental impact.