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Renewable polymeric materials from vegetable oils: A perspective

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The utilization of vegetable oils is currently in the spotlight of the chemical industry, as they are one of the most important renewable platform chemicals due to their universal availability, inherent biodegradability, low price, and superb environmental credentials as mentioned in this paper.
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This article is published in Materials Today.The article was published on 2013-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 410 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Vegetable oil.

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From monomers to polymers from renewable resources: Recent advances

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a panoramic overview of the recent progress, but mainly of the broad possibilities that are still available in the hands of researchers working on this topic.
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Recent advances in vegetable oil-based polymers and their composites

TL;DR: A review of recent advances in polymeric materials from vegetable oils in terms of preparation, characterization, and properties can be found in this article, where nano-composites and fiber reinforced composites based on bio-polymers matrices are reviewed.
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From Lignin-derived Aromatic Compounds to Novel Biobased Polymers

TL;DR: This review discusses the synthesis and properties of thermosets and thermoplastic polymers prepared from vanillin, ferulic acid, guaiacol, syringaldehyde, or 4-hydroxybenzoic acid.
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4D printing smart biomedical scaffolds with novel soybean oil epoxidized acrylate.

TL;DR: Cytotoxicity analysis proved that the printed scaffolds had significant higher hMSC adhesion and proliferation than traditional polyethylene glycol diacrylate, and had no statistical difference from poly lactic acid (PLA) and polycaprolactone (PCL).
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Renewability is not Enough: Recent Advances in the Sustainable Synthesis of Biomass-Derived Monomers and Polymers

TL;DR: The chemistry of vegetable oil derivatives, terpenes, lignin, carbohydrates, and sugar-based platform chemicals was selected to highlight the trends in the active field of a sustainable use of renewable resources.
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