Amino acids as latent curing agents and their application in fully bio-based epoxy resins
Zhen Yu, Songqi Ma, Zhaobin Tang, Yanlin Liu, Xiwei Xu, Qiong Li, Kewei Zhang, Binbo Wang, Sheng Wang, Jin Zhu
Abstract
Amino acids were exploited as a new type of latent curing agent and utilized to achieve bio-based one-component epoxy resins.
Topics & Concepts
EpoxyCuring (chemistry)Amino acidChemistryOrganic chemistryMaterials sciencePolymer chemistryBiochemistryPolymer composites and self-healingChemical Synthesis and AnalysisCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysis