Journal
MATERIALS
Volume 15, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma15010339
Keywords
photoinduced polymerization; biobased composites; cardanol methacrylate; microfibrillated cellulose; biobased polymers
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Biobased monomers and green processes are important for sustainable material production. This study combined cardanol with MFC to produce self-standing, flexible, and transparent films with high thermal stability through photopolymerization.
Biobased monomers and green processes are key to producing sustainable materials. Cardanol, an aromatic compound obtained from cashew nut shells, may be conveniently functionalized, e.g., with epoxy or (meth)acrylate groups, to replace petroleum-based monomers. Photoinduced polymerization is recognized as a sustainable process, less energy intensive than thermal curing; however, cardanol-based UV-cured polymers have relatively low thermomechanical properties, making them mostly suitable as reactive diluents or in non-structural applications such as coatings. It is therefore convenient to combine them with biobased reinforcements, such as microfibrillated cellulose (MFC), to obtain composites with good mechanical properties. In this work a cardanol-based methacrylate monomer was photopolymerized in the presence of MFC to yield self-standing, flexible, and relatively transparent films with high thermal stability. The polymerization process was completed within few minutes even in the presence of filler, and the cellulosic filler was not affected by the photopolymerization process.
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