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Engineering an All-Biobased Solvent- and Styrene-Free Curable Resin

Afewerki, Samson; Edlund, Ulrica

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Abstract

The sustainable production of polymers and materials derived from renewable feedstocks such as biomass is vital to addressing the current climate and environmental challenges. In particular, finding a replacement for current widely used curable resins containing undesired components with both health and environmental issues, such as bisphenol-A and styrene, is of great interest and vital for a sustainable society. In this work, we disclose the preparation and fabrication of an all-biobased curable resin. The devised resin consists of a polyester component based on fumaric acid, itaconic acid, 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid, 1,4-butanediol, and reactive diluents acting as both solvents and viscosity enhancers. Importantly, the complete process was performed solvent-free, thus promoting its industrial applications. The cured biobased resin demonstrates very good thermal properties (stable up to 415°C), the ability to resist deformation based on the high Young's modulus of ~775 MPa, and chem. resistance based on the swelling index and gel content. We envision the disclosed biobased resin having tailorable properties suitable for industrial applications.

Keywords

curable resin ; biobased ; catalysis ; renewable feed-stock ; biomass ; environmental challenges

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