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Features of Highly Hydrophobic Plant Oil-Based Vinyl Monomers in Cationic and Free Radical Polymerization
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
The demand for polymeric materials, which have traditionally been produced from petroleum-based resources over the last century, continues to grow each year. However, the supply of fossil fuels is limited. This, along with ...
Development of Novel Kraft Lignin Resin for Use in Thermoset Materials
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Video summarizing a Ph.D. dissertation for a non-specialist audience.
Improving Sustainability in Protective Coating Systems
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Sustainability has been a driving factor in the recent development of protective coating systems, from reducing volatile organic compounds (VOC’s), integrating biomass for the replacement of petrochemicals, to reducing the ...
Functional Colloids from Amphiphilic Polymer Assemblies and Peptides/Polypeptides
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
The use of responsive polymers, where even minor changes in one of the macromolecular characteristics triggered by the external stimuli can cause drastic changes in the material function or performance, is widely studying ...
Soysomes and Other Functional Biomaterials from Sucrose Soyate Derivatives
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Biomaterials serve as interventional tools in medicine to treat, improve or replace diseased tissues, organs or function of the body. Although several polymeric biomaterials already exist, they often present challenges, ...
Epoxidized Sucrose Soyate and Derivatives as Bioderived Crosslinkers in Various Thermosets
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Throughout the world, alternatives to petrochemically-derived materials are being sought. Aside from petrochemical feedstocks with precarious futures, materials that are derived from renewable resources such as crops are ...