Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Biochemistry & Physiology: Open Access

Advancements in Waterborne Bio-Based Coatings: Synthesis Routes and Renewable Resource-Derived Monomers

Abstract

Author(s): Komal Sodhi

Bio-based coatings are turning out to be more significant today due to exhausting fossil assets as well as the unfavorable natural effects from the wide utilization of petrochemicals in covering details. The developing interest in this exploration region is apparent from the rising volume of reports on the advancement of new covering folios got from different sustainable assets, for example, plant oil, unsaturated fats, cellulose, cardanol, and so on. Albeit this is a positive turn of events, a significant number of the bio-based coatings are anyway still formed as dissolvable borne coatings, and the fume discharged during relieving of such coatings is known to be one of the significant poisons from the covering business. To expand the ecological advantages of bio-based coatings, it is important to take on a restoring component or plan which kills the utilization of natural solvents. The current review paper discusses the development of bio-based coatings for use in waterborne systems, focusing particularly on the synthetic approach and the selection of monomers derived from renewable resources. The extent of this survey paper incorporates waterborne bio-based polyure