Issue 8, 2019

Future opportunities for bio-based adhesives – advantages beyond renewability

Abstract

Bio-based materials are attracting more and more attention in all fields due to their improved environmental footprint and due to the independence from petroleum resources that comes with their use. This is also true in the field of adhesives, where renewable materials from biopolymers to monomers derived from renewable resources are increasingly investigated. However, their sustainability is rarely a sufficient argument for their commercialisation, especially if the new materials cannot be implemented as drop-in replacements for existing technology. The aim of this review is therefore to point out the advantages that bio-based materials can bring to adhesives compared to their petroleum-based counterparts beyond their renewability. Specifically, new functionalities through novel molecular architectures, the advantages of vegetable oils such as hydrophobicity, reduced human and environmental toxicity and the performance of bio-based compared to petroleum-based adhesives are covered.

Graphical abstract: Future opportunities for bio-based adhesives – advantages beyond renewability

Article information

Article type
Critical Review
Submitted
30 noy 2018
Accepted
22 mar 2019
First published
25 mar 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Green Chem., 2019,21, 1866-1888

Future opportunities for bio-based adhesives – advantages beyond renewability

L. A. Heinrich, Green Chem., 2019, 21, 1866 DOI: 10.1039/C8GC03746A

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