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Evaluation of the Curing of Adhesive Systems by Rheological and Thermal Testing
Published on: July 3, 2020
A Biosourced Epoxy Resin for Adhesive Thermoset Applications
Vitor B Moreira1,2, Carlos Alemán1,3,4, Jeroen Rintjema5
1Departament d'Enginyeria Química, EEBE, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), C/d'Eduard Maristany, 10-14, Edifici I, 08019, Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract:
Biobased epoxy-derived raw materials will be essential for future coating and adhesive designs in industry. Here, a facile approach is reported towards the incorporation of limonene into an epoxy-functionalized polycarbonate and its crosslinking with a polyamine curing agent to obtain a thermoset material. For the first time, a solvent-borne adhesive with excellent film-forming, mechanical and adhesion strength properties is described.
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