Fecha de publicación: 20/12/2024 Fuente: Polymers Polymers, Vol. 16, Pages 3570: Fats and Oils as a Sustainable Source of Photopolymerizable Monomers
Polymers doi: 10.3390/polym16243570
Authors:
Alberto Spessa
Franca Castiglione
Alessandra Vitale
Roberta Bongiovanni
Sara Dalle Vacche

Bio-derived monomers and biobased building blocks obtained from natural sources, e.g., fats and oils, are attracting increasing attention mainly due to sustainability concerns. Due to their features, renewable feedstocks are an excellent alternative to petroleum-based raw materials to shift towards greener chemistry, especially when coupled with energy-efficient processes like photopolymerization. In this review, we illustrate the recent research outcomes in the field of photocurable biobased monomers, showing the advantages of using biobased chemicals for the synthesis of photocurable monomers and the potential of naturally derived building blocks in photocuring reactions.