High performance polyurethane dispersion synthesized from plant oil renewable resources : a challenge in the green materials

• Main Authors: Gurunathan, Thangavel, Arukula, Ravi
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Bio–based Polyurethane; Castor Oil
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/141617
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A series of hyperbranched polyesters were incorporated by the chemical reaction of the dimethylolpropionic acid with trimethylolpropane, pentaerythritol, and glycerol as the core group. The castor oil-based fatty acids were also successfully prepared in order to examine the impact of the biopolyols...