Developing starch based formaldehyde-free non-isocyanate wood adhesives from agriculture resources for particleboard production

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Recently, with the increased health concerns for free formaldehyde exposure as well as other health risksassociated with isocyanate adhesives, there is a strong market demand for environmentally friendly alternativewood adhesives systems. In this collaborative project, the university and industry research team plans todevelop new non-isocyanate based bio-adhesive systems that will act as a 100% replacement for theformaldehyde based MUF adhesives for particle board productions using agriculture resources as the rawmaterials. The adhesives will be based on architecturally structured starch polymers and will also explore ahybrid modified starch/soybean oil fully bio-based system approach. The success of this project will positionOntario, Canada as a world leader in supplying bio-adhesives from agriculture biomass. More importantly, theadhesives will use bio-based raw materials, including corn starch and soybean oil, from the Canadian industryto provide economic benefits and jobs in Canada. The resultant bio-based adhesive products will ultimatelyimprove the standards of society through the replacement for formaldehyde based adhesives in particleboardproduction and enhance the technological and economic competitiveness of Canada. In addition, novelbio-based adhesives will reduce our consumption of petroleum-derived chemicals contributing to a higherenvironmental sustainability. HQP's in this project will be exposed to leading edge multidisciplinary researchand development training and will become well suited for playing a leading role in shaping the emergingbio-economy sector.