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Eco-Friendly Polymeric Coatings and Adhesive Technology, 3rd Edition

A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Circular and Green Sustainable Polymer Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026 | Viewed by 272

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National Special Superfine Powder Engineering Research Center of China, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
Interests: adhesive; functional polymer; light curing; energetic polymer
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Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, China
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Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the release of this Special Issue, titled “Eco-Friendly Polymeric Coatings and Adhesive Technology, 3rd Edition”, following the success of its 1st and 2nd editions. Coatings and adhesives are indispensable polymer materials used for modern industrial development. They are widely used in construction, aerospace, electronic information, artificial intelligence, biomedicine and other applications. As people pay more attention to environmental protection and sustainable development, research on environmentally friendly coatings and adhesives is receiving increasing attention. For example, water-based coatings, water-based paints, photocuring resins, re-use adhesives, powder coatings, pressure-sensitive adhesives and solvent-free adhesives have been developed and applied at high speeds. This Special Issue aims to establish a platform for the above-mentioned research on environmentally friendly coatings and adhesives. We welcome all scholars to submit papers.

Dr. Guangpu Zhang
Dr. Zhengmao Ding
Prof. Dr. Yanan Zhang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • coating
  • adhesive
  • polymer
  • eco-friendly
  • water based
  • re-use
  • solvent-free
  • composites
  • functional polymer

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Green Synthesis of Castor Oil-Modified Waterborne Polyurethanes via a Solvent-Free Approach
by Angus Shiue, Kai-Yen Chin, Yu-Han Liu, Shu-Mei Chang and Graham Leggett
Polymers 2026, 18(12), 1449; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym18121449 - 10 Jun 2026
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The conventional production of waterborne polyurethane (WPU) typically relies on organic solvents to regulate viscosity; additionally, traditional ionic WPU systems still utilize volatile neutralizers, raising environmental and health concerns. To overcome these limitations and reduce dependence on petrochemical resources, this study presents a [...] Read more.
The conventional production of waterborne polyurethane (WPU) typically relies on organic solvents to regulate viscosity; additionally, traditional ionic WPU systems still utilize volatile neutralizers, raising environmental and health concerns. To overcome these limitations and reduce dependence on petrochemical resources, this study presents a solvent-free approach for WPU synthesis using isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI), polytetrahydrofuran (PTMG), and the nonionic PEG derivative YmerTM A-130. In addition, castor oil (CO), a renewable and hydroxyl-rich bio-based material, was incorporated as a partial substitute for PTMG to improve both sustainability and material performance. The effects of varying substitution ratios of castor oil on the physical properties of the resulting dispersions, dried films, and coatings were initially investigated. The results indicate that increasing the castor oil content from 0 wt% to 11.8 wt% led to an enhancement in tensile strength, rising from 1.45 MPa to 2.40 MPa. Concurrently, the temperature at 5% weight loss (Td5%) shifted upward from 263.84 °C to 285.36 °C, indicating a favorable trend in thermal stability. Furthermore, the preliminary solvent resistance, surface wetting characteristics, and environmental durability of the prepared coatings were evaluated and discussed. Full article
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