ABSTRACT
ERAM SHARMIN, MUDSSER AZAM, FAHMINA ZAFAR, DEEWAN AKRAM, QAZI MOHD. RIZWANUL HAQ, and SHARIF AHMAD
Abstract ..................................................................................................... 2 1.1 Introduction ...................................................................................... 2 1.2 Materials .......................................................................................... 3 1.3 Synthesis of ALP and POH .............................................................. 4 1.4 Instrumentation and Methods .......................................................... 4 1.5 Results and Discussion .................................................................... 5 1.6 Conclusion ..................................................................................... 12 Acknowledgments ................................................................................... 12 Keywords ................................................................................................ 12 References ............................................................................................... 13
ABSTRACT
Plant oils (PO) are considered as environment friendly, domestically abundant, cost effective renewable resources. They contain functional groups (double bonds, active methylenes, hydroxyls, oxiranes), which are capable of chemical transformations, yielding host of monomers or polymers. PO polymers generally lack properties of rigidity, strength and thermal stability. In this context, over the past few decades, several modifications of PO polymers as organic-inorganic hybrid, composite and nanocomposite materials have been accomplished, which have shown proven high performance characteristics over their virgin and petro-based counterparts. In this chapter, we have presented hybrid materials (POH) from PO derived polyol and tetraethoxy orthosilane (TEOS) by microwave (MW) assisted synthesis at lower preparation time relative to their counterparts synthesized through conventional method. Some preliminary investigative studies have been carried out to assess the structure, morphology, water solubility and antibacterial behavior of the said POH. These POH are foreseen as prospective greener hybrid materials for coatings and paints.
