Plant Oils as Renewable Feedstock for Polymer Science

2011 ◽  
pp. 9-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. R. Meier
Keyword(s):  
Plant Oils ◽  
Polymer Science ◽  
Renewable Feedstock

scholarly journals Terpene Based Elastomers: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pranabesh Sahu ◽  
Anil K Bhowmick ◽  
Gergely Kali
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Present Review ◽  
Plant Oils ◽  
Polymer Science ◽  
The Past ◽  
Renewable Feedstocks ◽  
Synthesis Properties ◽  
Technology Applications ◽  
Wide Family ◽  
Everyday Living

The limited source of fossil-fuel and the predominance of petroleum-based chemistry in the manufacturing of commodity polymers has generated tremendous interest in replacing the fossil source-based polymers with renewable counterparts. The field of sustainable elastomers has grown in the past three decades, from a few examples to a plethora of reports in modern polymer science and technology. Applications of elastomers are huge and vital for everyday living. The present review aims to portray a birds-eye view of various sustainable elastomers obtained from the wide family of acyclic terpenes (renewable feedstocks from different plant oils) via various polymerization techniques and their properties, as well as plausible developments in the future applications of sustainable polymers. Not only the homopolymers, but also their copolymers with both green and commercial fossil based comonomers, are reviewed.

Stepwise catalytic transformations of renewable feedstock arising from plant oils

2013 ◽  
Vol 115 (5) ◽  
pp. 490-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoine Dupé ◽  
Virginie Le Ravalec ◽  
Cédric Fischmeister ◽  
Christian Bruneau
Keyword(s):  
Plant Oils ◽  
Catalytic Transformations ◽  
Renewable Feedstock

scholarly journals Plant oils: The perfect renewable resource for polymer science?!

2011 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 837-852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucas Montero de Espinosa ◽  
Michael A.R. Meier
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Resource ◽  
Plant Oils ◽  
Polymer Science

Digital imaging and quantitative image analysis of polymer blends

1996 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 170-171
Author(s):  
Xiao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Digital Imaging ◽  
Imaging Techniques ◽  
Imaging Systems ◽  
Polymer Science ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Multiple Imaging ◽  
Quantitative Image ◽  
Digital Imaging Systems ◽  
Multi Phase ◽  
Network Technologies

Polymer microscopy involves multiple imaging techniques. Speed, simplicity, and productivity are key factors in running an industrial polymer microscopy lab. In polymer science, the morphology of a multi-phase blend is often the link between process and properties. The extent to which the researcher can quantify the morphology determines the strength of the link. To aid the polymer microscopist in these tasks, digital imaging systems are becoming more prevalent. Advances in computers, digital imaging hardware and software, and network technologies have made it possible to implement digital imaging systems in industrial microscopy labs.

Factors Affecting Molecular Self-Assembly and Its Mechanism

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hueyling Tan
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembly ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Molecular Engineering ◽  
Molecular Structures ◽  
Polymer Science ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Dna Structures ◽  
Self Assembling ◽  
Wide Range

Molecular self-assembly is ubiquitous in nature and has emerged as a new approach to produce new materials in chemistry, engineering, nanotechnology, polymer science and materials. Molecular self-assembly has been attracting increasing interest from the scientific community in recent years due to its importance in understanding biology and a variety of diseases at the molecular level. In the last few years, considerable advances have been made in the use ofpeptides as building blocks to produce biological materials for wide range of applications, including fabricating novel supra-molecular structures and scaffolding for tissue repair. The study ofbiological self-assembly systems represents a significant advancement in molecular engineering and is a rapidly growing scientific and engineering field that crosses the boundaries ofexisting disciplines. Many self-assembling systems are rangefrom bi- andtri-block copolymers to DNA structures as well as simple and complex proteins andpeptides. The ultimate goal is to harness molecular self-assembly such that design andcontrol ofbottom-up processes is achieved thereby enabling exploitation of structures developed at the meso- and macro-scopic scale for the purposes oflife and non-life science applications. Such aspirations can be achievedthrough understanding thefundamental principles behind the selforganisation and self-synthesis processes exhibited by biological systems.

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