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MDPI, Polymers, 2(12), p. 258, 2020

DOI: 10.3390/polym12020258

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Synthesis and Properties of Thermosets from Tung Oil and Furfuryl Methacrylate

Journal article published in 2020 by Sunanda Sain, Dan Åkesson ORCID, Mikael Skrifvars ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

This work focuses on the development of cross-linked polymer from a highly unsaturated vegetable oil, tung oil (TO) and a bio-based acrylate, furfuryl methacrylate (FMA). The presence of a high degree of unsaturated carbon-carbon bonding in TO makes it a suitable precursor for polymer synthesis. Using this advantage of TO, in this work, we have synthesised a cross-linked polymer from TO and FMA through free radical polymerisation followed by Diels–Alder (DA) reaction. Successful incorporation of both of the raw materials and the two chemical reactions was shown using Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) and Raman spectroscopy. The development of cross-linked structure was analysed through thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA).