Coating consumption in 2015 was 5.8 billion liters containing 3.8 million tons of solids with a sales value of USD 26.6 billion. Growth is placed at a mature ...
Belgian researchers performed bio-based water-borne polyurethanes (WPU) from two commercially available partially or fully dimerised fatty acid polyols of similar...
Scientists have led the development of a new material that can repair itself at body temperature. The polymer opens the door to new self-healing wound dressings for ...
To fabricate antifouling coatings, Chinese researchers have prepared a series of environmentally friendly thermoplastic poly(propylene carbonate) polyurethane ...
A new technology will have the potential to significantly reduce environmental impact while improving the overall effect on human health and safety. ...
Bio-based polyurethane (PU) coatings have been used extensively from last few decades and replaced petrochemical based coating due to their lower environmental...
Researchers have prepared star-shaped polyester polyols based on initiators (trimethylolpropane or pentaerythritol) and ɛ-caprolactone by polycondensation ...
A green polyurethane, which eliminates the use of isocyanates, has won the 2015 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award given by the U.S. Environmental...
