Sulphur-cured diene-based rubbers generally suffer from insufficient anti-ageing properties, and the curing process involves the use of toxic additives. Renewable conjugated acids are demonstrated to effectively cure epoxidized natural rubber into a high-performance elastomer, without the use of any toxic accelerators or antioxidants.
T. Lin, X. Zhang, Z. Tang and B. Guo, Green Chem., 2015, 17, 3301 DOI: 10.1039/C5GC00834D
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