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Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Bio-based Polyurethane Nanocomposites

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Polyurethane (PUs) is gaining immense interest as a speciality polymer for various high-end applications. Vegetable oil has gained momentous attention as a valuable renewable precursor and a potential alternative to the current petro-based polyol for the synthesis of PUs. The concept of reinforcing nanofiller into vegetable oil-based PU matrix has gained huge research interest for the development of bio-based PU nanocomposites with tailor-made properties. The addition of nanofiller into bio-based PU nanocomposites has led to the improvement of thermal, mechanical, optical and physicochemical properties. This chapter will deal with the detailed insight regarding the synthesis, characterization of bio-based PUs nanocomposites from various vegetable oil incorporated with different nanofillers.

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Abbreviations

PUs:

Polyurethane

MMT:

Montmorillonite

VOs:

Vegetable oils

MDI:

Methylene diisocyanate

TDI:

Toluene diisocyanate

HDI:

Hexamethylene diisocyanate

IPDI:

Isophorone diisocyanate

JCO:

Jatropha curcas oil

CO:

Castor oil

PU/NS:

Polyurethane/silica nanocomposites

NS:

Nano silica

TGA:

Thermogravimetric analysis

DTG:

Derivative thermo-gravimetric

DSC:

Differential scanning calorimetry

SEM:

Scanning electron microscopy

TEM:

Transmission electron microscopy

FTIR:

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

Ea:

Activation energy

Tm:

Melting temperature

Tg:

Glass transition temperature

E′:

Storage modulus

E″:

Loss modulus

MBPU:

Modified bio-based polyurethane

MCO:

Modified castor oil

HBPUS:

Hyper branched polyurethane

GO:

Graphene oxide

RGO:

Reduced graphene oxide

f-RGO:

Phytoextract-RGO

MWCNTs:

Multiwall carbon nanotubes

XRD:

X-ray diffraction

BET:

Brunauer–Emmett–Teller theory

IPN:

Interpenetrating polymer network

EP:

Epoxy

PU/EP:

Polyurethane/epoxy

DMA:

Dynamic mechanical analysis

APTES:

Aminopropyltriethoxy silane

WPU:

Waterborne polyurethane

SMT:

Silylated sodium montmorillonite

SHT:

Silylated halloysite nanotubes

POBUA:

Palm oil and methylene diisocyanate based polyurethane acrylate

EPOLA:

Epoxidized palm oil acrylate

PCL:

Poly(e-caprolactone) diol

UPCEA:

Poly-(urethane-esteramide)

TiO2:

Titanium dioxide

EDX:

Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy

WAXD:

Wide-angle X-ray scattering

ECNC:

E. Globulus derived cellulose nanocrystals

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Das, S., Kumar, S., Mohanty, S., Nayak, S.K. (2019). Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Bio-based Polyurethane Nanocomposites. In: Inamuddin, Thomas, S., Kumar Mishra, R., Asiri, A. (eds) Sustainable Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05399-4_39

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