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

最近，随着对游离甲醛暴露以及与异氰酸酯胶粘剂相关的其他健康风险的健康关注的增加，市场对环保型替代木材胶粘剂系统的需求强劲。在这个合作项目中，大学和行业研究团队计划开发新的非异氰酸酯生物粘合剂系统，该系统将100%取代甲醛基MUF粘合剂，用于以农业资源为原料生产刨花板。粘合剂将基于结构结构化的淀粉聚合物，并将探索一种杂交化变性淀粉/大豆油完全基于生物的系统方法。该项目的成功将使加拿大安大略省成为提供农业生物质生物粘合剂的世界领先者。更重要的是，粘合剂将使用来自加拿大工业的生物原材料，包括玉米淀粉和大豆油，以在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，并增强加拿大的技术和经济竞争力。此外，新型生物粘合剂将减少我们对石油衍生化学品的消耗，有助于实现更高的环境可持续性。该项目中的HQP将接受尖端的多学科研究和开发培训，并将非常适合在塑造新兴生物经济部门方面发挥领导作用。

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.