Bio-Based Branched and Hyperbranched UV-Curable Oligomers
- Technology Benefits
- High biorenewable content and excellent performance. UV-curable coatings, excellent curing characteristics. Can be used in making thermoset materials including coatings, adhesives, lubricants, inks, resins, and composites. Coatings can be applied on wood, metal, paper and/or plastic surfaces. Higher tensile strength. Smoother surface of films due to better solubility of the structure. Green Technology using natural plant oil and plant oil based materials.
- Detailed Technology Description
- This NDSU invention provides a high biorenewable content branched oligomer/polymer based on a plant oil or liquid component, such as soybean oil, and a cashew nutshell oil or liquid (CNSL) component. In another aspect, the invention provides a high biorenewable content hyperbranched oligomer/polymer formed from a CNSL and a hyperbranched polyol.
- *Abstract
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This invention revolves around the synthesis of novel high bio-renewable content oligomers based on soybean oil and cashew nutshell oil. These oligomers can be either UV or thermally cured to produce thermoset polymer materials such as coatings. Because of the more rigid structure of these novel oligomers as imparted by the cashew nutshell oil, the cured materials containing these oligomers possess much improved material properties than current biobased materials and in some cases even their petro-based counterparts.
- Country/Region
- USA
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