Sustainable Raw Materials in Hot Melt Adhesives: A Review

Hot-melt (HM) adhesives offer advantages over their contemporary water-based and solvent-based adhesives like low volatile organic compounds (VOCs), 100% solid, fast drying, setting etc. In recent years, to reduce their dependence on dwindling petroleum resources and due to the enormous use of HM adhesives in packaging areas that demand 100% recyclability, efforts have been devoted to making these formulations completely bio-based, sustainable and biodegradable. In this attempt, research and developments have been focused on using starch, modified starch, soy protein, polylactides, polyamides, lignin and vegetable oils as a partial/fully replacement to the petrochemical-based polymers. The huge amount of research going on in the field of bio-based polymers has still not reached its complete potential in the field of HM adhesives. In this review paper, HM adhesives based on sustainable raw materials namely starch, modified starch, polyamides, poly (lactic acid), soy protein and lignin are discussed.

Strong,Removable,and Photoluminescent Hyperbranched Polyamide-amine Hot Melt Adhesive

The development of adhesive technology is gaining increasing attention in machinery,electronics,aviation,and other fields.However,traditional adhesives are difficult to be peeled and removed after cross-linking and curing due to the limited solubility in common solvents,which causes pollution and damage to the surface of the adherend.In this work,we synthesized random hyperbranched polyamide-amine hot melt adhesives through Michael addition of 1,8-octanediamine and N,N’-methylene diacrylamide(ODA-RHP HMA).Owing to the presence of various polar groups,ODA-RHP HMA exhibited robust lap shear strength to different substrates,including glass(6.6 MPa),ceramics(10.3 MPa),steel(11.5 MPa),and aluminum(11.8 MPa).Due to the hydrogen bonds in ODA-RHP,the HMA demonstrated intrinsic self-healing ability,which can be used repeatedly when being subjected to cyclic heating and cooling.Since ODA-RHP HMA can be swollen or dissolved in ethanol,the adhesives can be easily removed through erasing.In addition,ODA-RHP exhibited aggregation-induced luminescence due to the tertiary amine structure in the molecular structure of ODA-RHP,which can be used in the field of cultural relics restoration.

PPC-based Reactive Hot Melt Polyurethane Adhesive(RHMPA)--Efficient Glues for Multiple Types of Substrates

Tens of billion metric tons of anthropogenic CO_2 discharged from the burning of fossil fuels lead to an enormous environmental and resource burden. It is charming to transform CO_2 to desirable, economical chemicals and materials. Poly（propylene carbonate）（PPC） is an emerging CO_2-based material. Herein, we report the design, synthesis and characterization of the reactive hot melt polyurethane adhesive（RHMPA） based on PPC polyol. The resultant RHMPAs exhibit good adhesion properties to multiple substrates including plastics（PC, PMMA, ABS） and metals（aluminium, steel）, which is comparable to or even better than conventional RHMPAs prepared from petro-based polyol. Furthermore, the PPC-based RHMPAs have tunable mechanical properties, and are thermally stable in the typical working range of bonding process（up to 270 °C）. The study is expected to expand the applications of PPC and provide a new type of CO_2-based renewable and eco-friendly materials.