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Cover Picture: Smart, Sustainable, and Ecofriendly Chemical Design of Fully Bio‐Based Thermally Stable Thermosets Based on Benzoxazine Chemistry (ChemSusChem 15/2016)
Author(s) -
Froimowicz Pablo,
R. Arza Carlos,
Han Lu,
Ishida Hatsuo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201600967
Subject(s) - thermosetting polymer , thermal stability , renewable energy , raw material , monomer , renewable resource , polymer science , polymerization , materials science , green chemistry , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , polymer , chemistry , molecule , engineering , supramolecular chemistry , electrical engineering
The Cover picture shows the universality of benzoxazine derivatives, the latest class of thermosetting resins, with regard to possible applications. These molecules of worldwide interest can be synthesized using only natural and renewable raw materials. Generally, polybenzoxazines made from natural renewable resources lack thermal stability. Despite great interest in using ecofriendly materials, this shortcoming limits the interest for applications. We were able to overcome not only this limitation but could also reduce the polymerization temperature of the monomer considerably, thus opening a new range of possible applications. More details can be found in the Full Paper by Froimowicz et al. on page 1921 in Issue 15, 2016 (DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201600577).