A comprehensive review of reactive flame-retardant epoxy resin: fundamentals, recent developments, and perspectives

M Zhi, X Yang, R Fan, S Yue, L Zheng, Q Liu… - Polymer Degradation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Epoxy resins are widely used in many fields because of their excellent physical and
chemical properties. Unfortunately, epoxy resins are inherently combustible materials and …

Biobased covalent adaptable networks: towards better sustainability of thermosets

XL Zhao, PX Tian, YD Li, JB Zeng - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermosets have many advantages such as excellent mechanical properties, dimensional
stability, and chemical and environmental resistance, but suffer from unsustainability …

[HTML][HTML] Graphene/epoxy nanocomposites for improved fracture toughness: A focused review on toughening mechanism

MY Khalid, A Kamal, A Otabil, O Mamoun… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Researchers commend various carbon-based nanomaterials including graphene for their
two-dimensional planar structure, functionalization abilities, high surface area, and …

Applications of epoxy materials in pavement engineering

Q Xiang, F Xiao - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Epoxy materials in the pavement behave well in thermal stability, mechanical properties,
adhesive properties, corrosion and chemical resistance, due to unique three-dimensional …

Sustainable epoxy vitrimers from epoxidized soybean oil and vanillin

XL Zhao, YY Liu, Y Weng, YD Li… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Epoxidized soybean oil (ESO)-derived epoxy thermosets are usually limited by their poor
mechanical properties and non-reprocessability. Herein, we report sustainable epoxy …

Epoxy thermosets and materials derived from bio-based monomeric phenols: Transformations and performances

J Wan, J Zhao, X Zhang, H Fan, J Zhang, D Hu… - Progress in Polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent years have witnessed significant progress in bio-based epoxy thermosets. A variety
of epoxy thermosets have been synthesized from various bioresources. In particular, epoxy …

Biobased transesterification vitrimers

A Kumar, LA Connal - Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid increase in the use of plastics and the related sustainability issues, including the
depletion of global petroleum reserves, have rightly sparked interest in the use of biobased …

Cardanol as a versatile platform for fabrication of bio-based flame-retardant epoxy thermosets as DGEBA substitutes

X Wang, H Niu, W Guo, L Song, Y Hu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of high-performance thermosetting polymers has spawn extensive
research interest over the past decade because of increasing awareness of environmental …

A high performance fully bio-based epoxy thermoset from a syringaldehyde-derived epoxy monomer cured by furan-derived amine

H Nabipour, X Wang, L Song, Y Hu - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
With the growing awareness of global warming and depletion of petroleum resources, the
development of bio-based epoxy thermosets as an alternative to petroleum-based diglycidyl …

[HTML][HTML] Intrinsically flame retardant bio-based epoxy thermosets: A review

X Wang, W Guo, L Song, Y Hu - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
At present most of epoxy thermosets is dependent on petroleum-based resources especially
diglycidyl ether bisphenol A (DGEBA)-type epoxy monomers produced from epichlorohydrin …