Recent Development of Biobased Epoxy Resins: A Review

Currently, the utilization of renewable resources for sustainable technology is in the renown of consumer as well as industrial attention, especially, chemical industries because of their availability, low cost, credentials toward environmental issues such as lower ecotoxicity, CO2 footprints, and inbuilt biodegradability. These natural properties are being taken advantage of in research and development, with vegetable oil-, furan-, lignin-, rosin-,vanillin-, and itaconic acid-derived biobased epoxy resin being used in various applications including paints, coatings, adhesives, and biomedicine. The present review mainly focuses on the utilization of natural resources for the synthesis of biobased epoxy and its curing agents.