Talita M. Lacerda1,2,*, Alessandro Gandini1,2
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.2, No.1, pp. 2-12, 2014, DOI:10.7569/JRM.2013.634127
Abstract The inevitable future scarcity of fossil resources, coupled with sustainability considerations, have stimulated
the use of renewable resources for material synthesis, and highly effi cient polymerization methods that meet
the requirements of green chemistry have drawn attention to fatty acid-based polymers. Additionally, the
polymerization of furan monomers and the exploitation of some of the chemical peculiarities of the furan
heterocycle have generated a wide diversity of macromolecular materials. A novel approach is reviewed
here, calling upon the combined use of both vegetable oils and their derivatives together with furans, as a
promising technique to obtain new materials from two renewable… More >
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