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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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Agronomical evaluation and chemical characterization of Linum usitatissimum L. as oilseed crop for bio-based products in two environments of Central and Northern Italy

TL;DR: The possibility to introduce linseed crop in two environments of central and northern Italy, traditionally devoted to cereal cultivation, has been evaluated, showing significant influence of cultivar, location and growing season on yield and yield components, as well as on chemical biomass composition.
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Tall Oil Fatty Acid Epoxidation Using Homogenous and Heterogeneous Phase Catalysts

TL;DR: In this paper, tall oil fatty acids were epoxidized by in-situ generation of peracetic acid in the presence of two different acidic catalysts, commonly used catalyst (sulfuric acid and ion exchange resin).
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Biocatalytic Route for the Synthesis of Oligoesters of Hydroxy-Fatty acids and ϵ-Caprolactone.

TL;DR: Copolymerization of ϵ-caprolactone with four hydroxy-fatty acids from renewable sources and the best performing biocatalyst (Lipozyme TL) is evaluated, showing excellent operational stability and thermal stability of the reaction products is assessed.
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Improved mechanical properties of flexible bio-based polymeric materials derived from epoxy mono/di-abietic acid and soyabean oil

TL;DR: In this paper, the isomers of abietic acid, typically sourced from pines were epoxidized using glycidol via carbodiimide chemistry, and the resulting admix was cured to a transparent biomaterial.
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Polyolefins Vitrimers: Design Principles and Applications

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors classify cross-linking chemistries employed for the production of polyolefin-derived vitrimers and highlight subsequent changes in material properties and applications.
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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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