Plant oil renewable resources as green alternatives in polymer science
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Meier, Michael; Metzger, Juergen O.; Schubert, Ulrich S.
- Abstract:
- The utilization of plant oil renewable resources as raw materials for monomers and polymers is
discussed and reviewed. In an age of increasing oil prices, global warming and other
environmental problems (e.g. waste) the change from fossil feedstock to renewable resources can
considerably contribute to a sustainable development in the future. Especially plant derived fats
and oils bear a large potential for the substitution of currently used petrochemicals, since
monomers, fine chemicals and polymers can be derived from these resources in a straightforward
fashion. 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. (138 references.)
- Year:
- 2007
- Type of Publication:
- Article
- Journal:
- Chemical Society Reviews
- Volume:
- 36
- Pages:
- 1788 - 1802