文摘
Epoxidized soybean oil can be a good bio-based monomer for polymer synthesis. Method to synthesize a green curing agent, maleopimaric acid, was optimized. Bio-based thermosets were obtained from epoxidized soybean oil and maleopimaric acid. Novel thermosets exhibited long breaking elongations and great thermal stabilities. Novel thermosets shows potential to replace petroleum-based ones in some fields.