Acrylated soybean oil: a key intermediate for more sustainable elastomeric materials from silicones
Miguel Meléndez‐Zamudio, Erin M. Donahue-Boyle, Yang Chen, Michael A. Brook
Abstract
The myriad benefits of silicone polymers can be made more sustainable by replacing much of the elastomer body with acrylated soybean oil. The crosslinked copolymers are simply made without catalysts using an aza-Michael reaction.
Topics & Concepts
ElastomerSiliconeSoybean oilPolymerEpoxidized soybean oilCopolymerPolymer scienceCatalysisMaterials scienceOrganic chemistryPolymer chemistryChemical engineeringChemistryRaw materialEngineeringFood sciencePolymer composites and self-healingbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications