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Influence of some vegetable oils on the photocrosslinking of coatings based on an o-cresol novolac epoxy resin and a bis-cycloaliphatic diepoxide

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The influence of cashew nut shell oil (CNO), epoxidized soybean oil (ESO), castor oil (CO), and dioctyl phtalate (DOP) on the photocrosslinking kinetics of UV curable mixtures containing an o-cresol novolac epoxy resin (CNE), a bis-cycloaliphatic diepoxide monomer (BCDE), and a triarylsulfonium salt (TAS) as a cationic photoinitiator has been studied. The formulation with a weight ratio CNE/BCDE/TAS of 60/40/5 was found to have the highest cure rate and the greatest final conversion of epoxy groups upon UV exposure. The presence of an unsaturated oil or of DOP in the UV curable formulation, at a content ranging from 0.07 to 0.79 mol/kg, was shown to increase the initial polymerization rate of the epoxy groups from 12 up to 31 mol/kg s, and the epoxy conversion after 18 s UV exposure from 80 up to 95%. It was found that the UV cured coatings containing CNO or DOP at concentrations between 0.3 and 0.6 mol/kg and ESO at concentrations between 0.12 and 0.19 mol/kg exhibit the best performance. These results were explained by a number of competitive factors, mainly the effects of the chemical structure and content of the oils and of DOP on the polarity, viscosity, compatibility, and internal filter effect of the UV curable resins, as well as by the characteristics of the tridimensional polymer networks formed upon UV exposure. The materials produced under the optimal conditions determined in this study can be used as high performance decorative and protective coatings and also as adhesives in different sectors of applications.

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The authors are grateful to Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam for its financial supports.

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  1. Laboratory for Rubbers and Natural Resins Materials, Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Le Xuan Hien, Do Thi Ngoc Minh & Nguyen Thi Viet Trieu

  2. Photon and Polymers, 66 rue du General de Gaulle, 68460, Lutterbach, France

    Christian Decker

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Hien, L.X., Minh, D.T.N., Trieu, N.T.V. et al. Influence of some vegetable oils on the photocrosslinking of coatings based on an o-cresol novolac epoxy resin and a bis-cycloaliphatic diepoxide. J Coat Technol Res 8, 343–353 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11998-010-9303-0

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