QuBiX

Manufacturers of adhesives and sealants are increasingly striving to decouple their products from petrochemical sources and thus embark on a path toward decarbonization and CO2 emission reduction. The project aims to find starting points for achieving these goals from a green chemistry perspective: an epoxy resin based on renewable raw materials is to be compared with conventional systems across the entire production chain. The behavior of the different materials will be observed from synthesis through curing and application conditions to their technical characteristics.
The project is being carried out in two sub-projects. The Thuringian Institute for Textile and Plastics Research Rudolstadt (TITK e. V.) is working on the development of a sustainable, lignin-based epoxy resin, while ifw Jena is investigating the qualification and production of fiber-reinforced, sustainable bioepoxides from a materials science perspective.