The growing need to find a sustainable, environmentally-friendly replacement for petroleum-based materials is fuelling the development of bio-based polymers from renewable resources. Amongst the most promising of these are vegetable oil-based polymeric materials. Vegetable oil-based polymers provides a comprehensive review of the research in this important field.After an introduction to classification and polymerization, Vegetable oil-based polymers goes on to review the factors involved in polymer biodegradation. The extraction, purification and application of vegetable oils are then explored, along with vegetable oil-based polyesters and poly(ester amide)s, polyurethanes and epoxies. The book then reviews polyamides, polyolefins and vegetable oil-based hyperbranched polymers. It concludes with an analysis of vegetable oil-based polymer composites and polymer nanocomposites.Vegetable oil-based polymers is an indispensable guide for all those involved in the research and development of biopolymers as well as the wide range of industries looking for more sustainable polymer materials.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. Cover 3. Table of Contents - p. Cover 4. Copyright - p. Cover 5. Author contact details - p. iv 6. List of abbreviations and symbols - p. iv 7. Dedication - p. xv 8. Preface - p. xvii 9. Acknowlegement - p. xx 10. Chapter 1: Fundamentals of polymers - p. xxi 11. Chapter 2: Biodegradable polymers - p. 30 12. Chapter 3: Vegetable oils and their derivatives - p. 53 13. Chapter 4: Vegetable oil-based polyesters - p. 95 14. Chapter 5: Vegetable oil-based poly(ester amide)s - p. 125 15. Chapter 6: Vegetable oil-based polyurethanes - p. 145 16. Chapter 7: Vegetable oil-based epoxies - p. 179 17. Chapter 8: Polyamides, polyolefins and other vegetable oil-based polymers - p. 207 18. Chapter 9: Vegetable oil-based hyperbranched polymers - p. 225 19. Chapter 10: Vegetable oil-based polymer composites - p. 246 20. Chapter 11: Vegetable oil-based polymer nanocomposites - p. 270 21. Index - p. 309
The growing need to find a sustainable, environmentally-friendly replacement for petroleum-based materials is fuelling the development of bio-based polymers from renewable resources. Amongst the most promising of these are vegetable oil-based polymeric materials. Vegetable oil-based polymers provides a comprehensive review of the research in this important field.After an introduction to classification and polymerization, Vegetable oil-based polymers goes on to review the factors involved in polymer biodegradation. The extraction, purification and application of vegetable oils are then explored, along with vegetable oil-based polyesters and poly(ester amide)s, polyurethanes and epoxies. The book then reviews polyamides, polyolefins and vegetable oil-based hyperbranched polymers. It concludes with an analysis of vegetable oil-based polymer composites and polymer nanocomposites.Vegetable oil-based polymers is an indispensable guide for all those involved in the research and development of biopolymers as well as the wide range of industries looking for more sustainable polymer materials.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. Cover 3. Table of Contents - p. Cover 4. Copyright - p. Cover 5. Author contact details - p. iv 6. List of abbreviations and symbols - p. iv 7. Dedication - p. xv 8. Preface - p. xvii 9. Acknowlegement - p. xx 10. Chapter 1: Fundamentals of polymers - p. xxi 11. Chapter 2: Biodegradable polymers - p. 30 12. Chapter 3: Vegetable oils and their derivatives - p. 53 13. Chapter 4: Vegetable oil-based polyesters - p. 95 14. Chapter 5: Vegetable oil-based poly(ester amide)s - p. 125 15. Chapter 6: Vegetable oil-based polyurethanes - p. 145 16. Chapter 7: Vegetable oil-based epoxies - p. 179 17. Chapter 8: Polyamides, polyolefins and other vegetable oil-based polymers - p. 207 18. Chapter 9: Vegetable oil-based hyperbranched polymers - p. 225 19. Chapter 10: Vegetable oil-based polymer composites - p. 246 20. Chapter 11: Vegetable oil-based polymer nanocomposites - p. 270 21. Index - p. 309
