Materials from Biosourced Monomers

Dear Colleagues,

Given the constraints dictated by the environment and current policies, it is urgent to conceive and develop novel molecular bricks and materials from biosourced components in order to replace petroleum-based monomers (styrene, bisphenol A, etc.) and to compete with the existing petroleum-sourced materials. Biosourced monomers can be obtained from the transformation of isolated molecules extracted from five main sources, including carbohydrates, lignins, vegetable oils, proteins, and terpenes. Those biosourced molecules are very interesting synthons, thanks to the presence of alcohol, acid or amine functional groups, that can be polymerized by condensation reaction and yield biosourced polyesters or polyamides with interesting mechanical properties. This pathway to bioplastics remains one of the most explored nowadays. Alternatively, chain-growth polymerization (such as free-radical polymerization FRP and/or reversible deactivation radical polymerization RDRP) of biosourced monomers is also an interesting pathway leading to biopolymer synthesis. Indeed, despite a lower number of naturally occurring molecules presenting polymerizable vinyl bonds, FRP and RDRP of such monomers is an expanding field.

Since they are designed to replace petroleum-based materials, polymers from biosourced monomers must present fewer drawbacks. They must be produced following green chemistry principles (production with limited waste, low energy consumption…) and possess great environmentally friendly characteristics, such as good recyclability or biodegradability.

This Special Issue concerning (nano)materials prepared from biosourced monomers aims to cover recent advances in the synthesis of all types of monomers derived from biomass, their use to prepare new biosourced (nano)materials and the study of their properties and applications. The topics covered by the Special Issue include but are not limited to:

• Extraction of polymerizable synthons from biomass;
• Conversion of biosourced molecules to useful monomers;
• Preparation of new (nano)materials from biosourced monomers;
• Characterization, properties and applications of (nano)materials from biosourced monomers.

Dr. Vincent Terrasson
Dr. Victorien Jeux
Dr. Fanny Coumes
Guest Editors

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• materials
• nanomaterials
• biomass
• green chemistry
• biosourced molecules
• polymerization
• recyclability
• biodegradability