Fig. 6: Synthesis of vegetable oil–based PEA (reprinted from ref. 27 with permission from American Chemical Society). | npj Materials Degradation

Fig. 6: Synthesis of vegetable oil–based PEA (reprinted from ref. 27 with permission from American Chemical Society).

From: Preparation, structure–property relationships, and applications of novel bio-based and biodegradable polyesteramide materials

Fig. 6

The synthesis of PEA using vegetable oil as a renewable monomer source. The process involves the reaction of vegetable oil derivatives, such as fatty acids or their esters, with diamines, diol and diacid to form the PEA polymer backbone.

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