Future opportunities for bio-based adhesives

A new article describes the advantages bio-based materials can bring to adhesives over their petroleum-based materials, surpassing their renewable properties.
bio-based materials have attracted increasing attention in all areas because of their improved environmental footprint and the independence of petroleum resources resulting from their use.
is also true in the field of adhesives, where the study of renewable materials, from biopolymers to monomers derived from renewable resources,

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sustainability is rarely a sufficient argument for commercialization
however, their sustainability is rarely a sufficient justification for its commercialization, especially if new materials cannot be implemented as alternatives to existing technologies.
therefore, the purpose of the current review is to point out that bio-based materials can provide an advantage over their oil-based counterparts over their renewable properties.
specifically, it covers the benefits of vegetable oils, such as hydrophobicity, reduced human and environmental toxicity, and bio-based properties compared to petroleum-based adhesives, through new features of new molecular structures.
this article was published in Green Chemistry-2019, volume 21, Issue 8.