Vegetable Oil-Based Polymers and Their Surface Applications

Vegetable Oil Based Polymers and Their Surface Applications presents detailed coverage of principles, preparation methods, and novel surface uses of vegetable oil based polymers. This comprehensive and state-of-the-art book follows the journey of vegetable oils from seeds to surfaces, in a range of advanced applications. Vegetable oils are abundantly available, non-toxic, and cost-effective sustainable resources, providing functional groups which on chemical transformation yield a variety of materials. With the many demands relating to health and environmental issues, cost of materials, and properties and performance, vegetable oils offer a promising and versatile solution with applications across paints and coatings, hydrogel films for wound dressings, nanoparticles with augmented antibacterial and antifungal properties, packaging materials, cosmetics, creams, ointments, lotions, lubricants, and many more. The opening chapters of the book discuss theory, principles, and characterization techniques. The second part of the book presents in detail the preparation of different polymer types based on vegetable oil. The final section of the book provides extensive coverage of applications, enabling the preparation of vegetable oil based polymers for a range of products and industries. This is a valuable resource for researchers, scientists, and advanced students in polymer chemistry, surfaces and coatings, natural polymers, materials chemistry, chemical engineering and plastics engineering. In an industrial setting, this book supports R&D professionals, scientists, and engineers interested in developing innovative biobased materials for a range of applications, including automotive and aerospace, packaging, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, biomedicine, and consumer goods. Provides in-depth information on the preparation of vegetable oil-based epoxies, alkyds, polyesteramides, polyetheramides, and polyurethanes Explores cutting-edge surface applications of vegetable oil-based polymers in areas such as coatings, packaging, cosmetics, and wound dressings Includes other key considerations, including cost benefit analysis, life-cycle assessment, and future developments