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

近年来，随着对游离甲醛暴露以及与异氰酸酯粘合剂相关的其他健康风险的关注增加，市场对环保替代木材粘合剂系统的需求强劲。在这个合作项目中，大学和工业研究团队计划开发新的非异氰酸酯基生物粘合剂系统，该系统将100%替代甲醛基MUF粘合剂，用于使用农业资源作为原材料的刨花板生产。该粘合剂将基于结构化淀粉聚合物，并将探索一种混合改性淀粉/大豆油完全生物基系统的方法。该项目的成功将使加拿大安大略省成为从农业生物质中提供生物粘合剂的世界领导者。更重要的是，该粘合剂将使用加拿大工业的生物基原材料，包括玉米淀粉和大豆油，为加拿大提供经济效益和就业机会。由此产生的生物基胶粘剂产品将最终通过取代刨花板生产中的甲醛基胶粘剂来提高社会标准，并提高加拿大的技术和经济竞争力。此外，新型生物基粘合剂将减少我们对石油衍生化学品的消耗，有助于提高可持续性。HQP在这个项目中将接触到领先的多学科研究和开发培训，并将成为非常适合在塑造新兴的生物经济领域发挥主导作用。

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.