Polyurethane Chemistry Renewable Polyols and Isocyanates

Scaling industrial green polyurethanes and recycling for sustainable manufacturing

Polyurethanes have improved the modern quality of life through a variety of applications, like insulating foams, shoe inserts, and protective coatings for medical devices. This work presents sustainable routes to synthesize polyols and isocyanates from sustainable resources. It also provides valuable insight into the industrialization of recycling processes and the preparation of green polyurethanes for industry. Researchers working with polymers and in chemical engineering will find this work useful.

Dr. Ram K. Gupta is an associate professor at Pittsburg State University. Dr. Gupta's research focuses on biobased polymers, flame-retardant polyurethanes, conducting polymers and composites, green energy production and storage using 2-D materials, optoelectronics and photovoltaics devices,
organic-inorganic heterojunctions for sensors, biocompatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold and antibacterial applications, and biodegradable metallic implants. Dr. Gupta has published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles, made more than 275 national/international/ regional
presentations, chaired many sessions at national/international meetings, written several book chapters, and received more than $2 million for research and educational activities from external agencies. He is serving as editor-in-chief, associate editor, and editorial board member of numerous
journals.

Dr. Pawan K. Kahol served as the dean of graduate and continuing Studies, dean of research, and professor of physics at Pittsburg State University. He worked up through the ranks from assistant to associate to professor to chairperson, and then to associate dean of Graduate Studies at Wichita State
University. He also served as the associate and interim dean of the Graduate College at Missouri State University. Dr. Kahol has published more than 200 refereed research papers and made more than 250 presentations. He is the recipient of the 2009 Missouri Professor of the Year Award by the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction to Polyurethane Chemistry, Felipe M. de Souza, Pawan K. Kahol, Ram K. Gupta
Chapter 2: Polyols from Sustainable Resources, Felipe M. de Souza, Pawan K. Kahol, Ram K. Gupta
Chapter 3: Polyisocyanates from Sustainable Resources, Głowińska Ewa, Parcheta Paulina, Kasprzyk Paulina, and Datta Janusz
Chapter 4: Polyurethane from Sustainable Routes, Sreedha Sambhudevan, Hema S, and Arunima Reghunadhan
Chapter 5: Isocyanate-Free Polyurethanes, Marcin Włoch and Kamila Błażek
Chapter 6: Nitrogen-Based Ecofriendly Flame Retardants for Polyurethane Foams, Niloofar Arastehnejad, Muhammad Rizwan Sulaiman, and Ram K. Gupta
Chapter 7: Recent Development on Flame Retardants for Polyurethanes, Felipe M. de Souza, Ram K. Gupta, and Pawan K. Kahol
Chapter 8: Polyurethane-Based Nanocomposites and Their Applications, Anil M. Palve and Ram K. Gupta
Chapter 9: Polyurethane?Epoxy Composites: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives, Tomy Muringayil Joseph, Mereena Luke Pallikkunnel, Debarshi Kar Mahapatra, Anoop Kallingal, Sabu Thomas, and Józef T. Haponiuk
Chapter 10: Shape-Memory Polyurethane Polymers, Michał Strankowski, Anju Paul, and Arunima Reghunadhan
Chapter 11: Polyurethanes for Coating, Adhesives, and Other Applications, Kosmela Paulina, Olszewski Adam, Paweł Nowak, and Piszczyk Łukasz
Chapter 12: Smart Polyurethane and Its Promising Applications, Sanam Amiri, Gity Mir Mohamad Sadeghi, Hossein Nazokdast, and Sahar Amiri
Chapter 13: Polyurethanes for Biomedical Applications, Saba Goharshenas Moghadam, Hamidreza Parsimehr, and Amir Ershad-Langroudi
Chapter 14: Environmental Impact of Polyurethane Chemistry, Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji, Olugbemi T. Olaniyan, Osikemekha Anthony Anani, Abel Inobeme, and John Tsado Mathew
Chapter 15: Recycling of Polyurethanes, P. S. Sari, N. S. Baneesh, Arunima Reghunadhan, Jiji Abraham, and Sabu Thomas
Chapter 16: Conclusions and Future Outlook, Muhammad Rizwan Sulaiman, Pawan K. Kahol, and Ram K. Gupta

Editors' Biographies
Author Index
Subject Index