Sustainable biocomposites based on thermoplastic starch copolymers (Mater-Bi KE03B1) and biofibres (cotton, hemp and kenaf) were prepared and characterised in terms of their thermo-mechanical and morphological properties. ...
Boronat Vitoria, Teodomiro; España Giner, José Manuel; Rico Beneito, María Isabel; Fenollar Gimeno, Octavio Ángel; Balart Gimeno, Rafael Antonio(Trans Tech Publications, 2012)
[EN] An acrylic epoxidized soybean oil (AESO) has been used in this study. The synthesis of the acrylic resin has been made from acrylic acid which breaks the epoxy groups of the ESO (epoxidized soybean oil). This material ...
Samper Madrigal, María Dolores; Fombuena Borrás, Vicent; Boronat Vitoria, Teodomiro; García Sanoguera, David; Balart Gimeno, Rafael Antonio(Springer Verlag (Germany), 2012-08)
In this work we have developed polymeric materials from epoxidized vegetable oils in order to obtain materials with excellent mechanical properties for use as green matrix composites. Epoxidized soybean oil (ESO), epoxidized ...