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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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H-bonds and metal-ligand coordination-enabled manufacture of palm oil-based thermoplastic elastomers by photocuring 3D printing

TL;DR: In this paper, stretchable, self-healing, and renewable palm oil (PO)-based elastomers were prepared from UV-responsive vinyl PO monomers via photocuring 3D printing.
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Bio-based chemicals from biorefining: lipid and wax conversion and utilization

TL;DR: This chapter reviews current bio-based lipids and wax, the chemical and biological production routes, and their applications, and the microbial-derived lipidsand wax are compatible with the current petroleum-based products.
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Silicone Structurants for Soybean Oil: Foams, Elastomers, and Candles

TL;DR: In this article, the ability of silicones to convey improved thermal stability to soybean oil was examined, and cross-linked materials with densities ranging from ∼0.6 to 0.9 g/mL and containing up 76% by weight soybeanoil were prepared.
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Fatty acid-based cross-linkable polymethacrylate coatings

TL;DR: In this article, epoxy prepolymers from oleic acid-based monomers were cross-linked to prepare thermosets for coating application, and the results of this work provide evidence of the potential of these materials as bio-based coatings and adhesives.
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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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