Journal article
Development of a cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL)-based polymer for antibacterial activity
Shinji Kanehashi, Risa Masuda, Kota Yokoyama, Taisei Kanamoto, Hideki Nakashima, Tetsuo Miyakoshi
Journal of Applied Polymer Science | WILEY | Published : 2015
DOI: 10.1002/app.42725
Abstract
A biobased polymer derived from cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL) as a renewable resource was investigated for use as an antibacterial material. CNSL is a mixture of aromatics containing cardanol as the main component and cardol and 2-methylcardol as minor components. CNSL composition analyses showed that the minor components (i.e., cardol and 2-methylcardol) in CNSL had higher contents of unsaturated structures than cardanol. These higher unsaturated contents promoted the thermal polymerization in the preparation of an epoxy CNSL prepolymer (ECNP). The biobased polymer film was fabricated by the reaction of amine compounds and ECNP without any organic solvent. The ECNP film took less than 2.0 ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors acknowledge Cashew Co., Ltd. (Saitama, Japan) for providing the CNSL. This research was partially supported by a grant-in-aid from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellows (contract grant number 2410856).