Renewable Polymeric Adhesives II
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Circular and Green Polymer Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 8638
Special Issue Editor
Interests: polycondensation; resins; adhesives; thermosetting polymers for adhesives; natural polymers for industrial use; fibrous and wood composites; polymeric wood constituents (cellulose, lignin, tannins)
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Dear Colleagues,
We are welcoming submissions to the second issue of “Renewable Polymeric Adhesives”. Due to the great interest in the first issue and the considerable number of citations of the ensemble of papers that were published within, the Editorial Board decided to reopen this Special Issue to focus on technologies currently emerging in the field of adhesives and binders.
Renewable polymeric adhesives is an area for which interest is growing for all areas of polymer chemistry and polymer applications, and an area of primary development area for “green” chemistry. Adhesives in this area are inevitably coming of age, and coming rather rapidly. Thus, proteins such as soy proteins, albumin, and gluten; as well as their combinations with carbohydrates such as in soy flour; natural polyphenolics such as a variety of tannins and lignins; carbohydrates such as chitosans, glucose, sucrose, sorbitol, and others; as well as all sorts of sustainable, renewable materials such as citric acid, isorsobide, cashewnut liquid, and others are starting to find their place as total binders or even as partial support for synthetic polymers in many areas of adhesion: from wood and natural fibres to steel, aluminium, and other metals, plastics, glass fibres, foundry sands, and many others.
This Special Issue is aimed at collecting cutting-edge original research papers and reviews on the main areas where biosourced polymeric adhesives from renewable materials are under development and under particular focus, and throughout the vast variety of adhesives in use today, from acrylics to epoxies, polyurethanes, and all others.
Prof. Dr. Antonio Pizzi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biosourced polyurethane adhesives
- biosourced acrylic adhesives
- biosourced epoxy adhesives
- biosourced phenolic adhesives
- biosourced aminoplastic adhesives
- biosourced furanic adhesives
- protein adhesives
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