Research progress of novel bio-based plasticizers and their
Abstract Plasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC) has been widely used in the world. Petroleum-based plasticizers especially phthalates have been the most common plasticizers used in PVC. However, the global petroleum resources are becoming scarce gradually, and the hygienic requirements for plasticizers are increasing. Owing to the negative impact of petroleum-based plasticizers on human health
Bioplastics for a circular economy | Nature Reviews Materials
Abstract. Bioplastics — typically plastics manufactured from bio-based polymers — stand to contribute to more sustainable commercial plastic life cycles as part of a circular economy, in which
Natural-based plasticizers and biopolymer films: A review
Natural plasticizers used in biodegradable films from biomass products (polysaccharide-, protein-, and lipid-based films) or other films obtained by extraction of micro-organisms. Refs. Soybean oil (SO), epoxidized soybean oil (ESO), dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and triethyl citrate (TEC) 6.1.
Progress in bio-based plastics and plasticizing modifications
According to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), bio-based products are defined as commercial or industrial goods (other than feed or food) composed in whole or in significant part of biological products. 7 Thus, synonymous use of the terms bio-based plastic and biodegradable plastic is not correct.
Synthesis and application of high-stability bio-based
In this work, a new type of high-stability bio-based plasticizer was obtained by a four-step reaction with ricinoleic acid as main raw material, and its structure was characterized and identified by FT-IR and 1 H NMR. Subsequently, ricinoleate plasticizer, commercially available dioctyl phthalate (DOP), and bis(2-ethylhexyl) adipate (DOA) were
- Are bio-based plasticizers sustainable?
- Bio-based plasticizers, derived from renewable biomass sources like vegetable oils, cardanol, citric acid, starch, cellulose, and lactic acid, represent an environmentally sustainable class of plasticizers.
- Are plasticizers compatible with bio-based plastics?
- New types of plasticizers compatible with bio-based plastics are being developed, similar to how traditional plasticizers enhance the flexibility of synthetic plastics like PVC and epoxy resins.
- What are bio-based PVC plasticizers?
- Many bio-based PVC plasticizers, such as vegetable oil-based plasticizers, cardanol-based plasticizers, lactic acid-based plasticizers, waste cooking oil-based plasticizers, polyester plasticizers, hyperbranched plasticizers and so on, have been extensively studied.
- Are biopolymers a good substitute for conventional plasticizers?
- The use of natural and/or biodegradable plasticizers, with low toxicity and good compatibility with several plastics, resins, rubber and elastomers in substitution of conventional plasticizers, such as phthalates and other synthetic conventional plasticizers attracted the market along with the increasing worldwide trend towards use of biopolymers.
- Why are bio-based plasticizers important?
- While bio-based plastics like PLA, PHA, bio-based epoxy resin, and bio-based PE have seen rapid technological development, their market impact is limited by high production costs and performance limitations. Plasticizers are important additives and performance enhancers of polymers, making them crucial for improving the properties of these bio-based plastics.
- Can bio-based plasticizers replace phthalate plasticizer?
- Researchers have prepared a series of eco-friendly plasticizers with new structures by esterification, etherification, and epoxidation of bio-based raw materials, many of which have the potential to replace traditional phthalate plasticizers [23, 24, 25].
