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Plant oils: The perfect renewable resource for polymer science?!

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In this paper, the authors provide an overview of the present situation with special attention to the use of olefin metathesis and thiol-ene chemistry as synthetic methods and as polymerization techniques.
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This article is published in European Polymer Journal.The article was published on 2011-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 551 citations till now.

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Identification of Vegetable Fiber Origin

TL;DR: In this paper, the sources of various natural fibers have been identified and discussed in detail that will help the readers in gaining full understanding about these natural fibers, such as bamboo, banana, wheat, sisal, sugarcanes, oil palms, cotton, flax straw, silk and coconut.

Universidade de são paulo instituto de química de são carlos reações de polimerização via metátese de novo norborneno funcionalizado com triglicerídeos do óleo de palma, e seu monitoramento por rmn em baixo campo

TL;DR: In this paper, a new monomer of norbornene, called Norbornene palm oil (NPO) was obtained from insertion of the carboxylic group in the palm oil triglycerides.
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Grafting from cellulose nanofibres with naturally-derived oil to reduce water absorption

TL;DR: In this article, an epoxidized soybean oil (ESO) was used to improve the hydrophobicity of cellulose nanofibres (CNF) derived from spinifex grass.
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Thiol–Ene Click Chemistry

TL;DR: The radical-mediated thiol-ene reaction has all the desirable features of a click reaction, being highly efficient, simple to execute with no side products and proceeding rapidly to high yield.
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Recent developments in the chemistry of halogen-free flame retardant polymers

TL;DR: An overview of recent developments of the chemistry of halogen-free flame retardant polymers is presented in this article, along with their thermal stabilities and flame-retardant properties.
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Thiol-ene “click” reactions and recent applications in polymer and materials synthesis

TL;DR: In this paper, a review highlights examples of recent applications of both the radical-mediated and base/nucleophile-initiated thiol-ene reactions in polymer and materials synthesis.
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Plant oil renewable resources as green alternatives in polymer science

TL;DR: The synthesis of monomers as well as polymers from plant fats and oils has already found some industrial application and recent developments in this field offer promising new opportunities, as is shown within this contribution.
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Click Chemistry beyond Metal-Catalyzed Cycloaddition

TL;DR: This Minireview discusses the success and applicability of new, in particular metal-free, click reactions, which expand the opportunities for synthesizing small organic compounds as well as tailor-made macromolecules and bioconjugates.
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