Collaboration Develops Process to Create Resins Using Bio-Based Monomers
AMSTERDAM — AkzoNobel announced an innovation that it says will lead to a more sustainable way to make resins. The new process uses bio-based monomers to make resins, rather than the traditional oil-based monomers. The breakthrough innovation, developed in collaboration with the Dutch Advanced Research Center Chemical Building Blocks Consortium (ARC CBBC), could pave the way for futuristic functionality in coatings, such as intelligent paint that uses controlled release of active ingredients or the ability to add new functionality during the lifetime of a coating.
Patent applications have already been filed for resins and coatings made with monomers derived from sugar derivatives isolated from biomass. The process requires just UV light, oxygen and renewable raw materials.