American Chemical Society, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 3(2), p. 506-511, 2013
DOI: 10.1021/sc400431x
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The sol-gel microencapsulation of aqueous glycerol in silica-based microspheres affords functional materials that can be used to cure one component polyurethane foams (OCF) formulations affording better and greener foam formation. These findings are important and may open the route to more sustainable materials that as foams, coatings, adhesives and sealants are widely utilized in many industrial sectors.