CB25 - A renewable resveratrol-based epoxy resin with high glass transition temperature and excellent mechanical properties
SCURS Disciplines
Chemistry
Document Type
General Poster
Invited Presentation Choice
Not Applicable
Abstract
Current methods of producing epoxy telescope mirrors include using environmentally unfriendly bisphenol A (BPA) derivatives. These BPA derivatives are also known to be toxic to humans. With a push to more sustainable reagents, resveratrol, a biobased triphenol mainly found in grapes, has shown promise with similar physical and chemical properties as the BPA derivatives. A resveratrol-based epoxy has been synthesized and characterized using 1H NMR and 13CNMR spectroscopy. In addition, the resveratrol -based epoxy has been polymerized with an amine curing agent to produce samples with varying amounts of the bio-based epoxy. The coefficient of thermal expansion, glass transition temperatures and moduli will be given and compared to the original BPA-based epoxy system.
Keywords
Polymer, bio-based epoxy, telescope mirrors
Start Date
10-4-2026 9:30 AM
Location
University Readiness Center Greatroom
End Date
10-4-2026 11:13 AM
CB25 - A renewable resveratrol-based epoxy resin with high glass transition temperature and excellent mechanical properties
University Readiness Center Greatroom
Current methods of producing epoxy telescope mirrors include using environmentally unfriendly bisphenol A (BPA) derivatives. These BPA derivatives are also known to be toxic to humans. With a push to more sustainable reagents, resveratrol, a biobased triphenol mainly found in grapes, has shown promise with similar physical and chemical properties as the BPA derivatives. A resveratrol-based epoxy has been synthesized and characterized using 1H NMR and 13CNMR spectroscopy. In addition, the resveratrol -based epoxy has been polymerized with an amine curing agent to produce samples with varying amounts of the bio-based epoxy. The coefficient of thermal expansion, glass transition temperatures and moduli will be given and compared to the original BPA-based epoxy system.