Discover how Roquette offers the polymer markets innovative and sustainable monomers to create solutions for safer and more sustainable polymers.
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Polycarbonates
Polycarbonates are used alone or blended in a large variety of applications: housewares, electronics, automotive sector, etc.
But standard polycarbonate markets are limited by their optical and mechanical properties. At the same time, rising concerns about Bisphenol A safety impact is affecting their image.
POLYSORB® isosorbide is a diol that can be used as a monomer in polycarbonates synthesis. It is the perfect plant-based solution to the two ongoing challenges facing the polycarbonate market.
Create much more than a polycarbonate thanks to POLYSORB® isosorbide! It is a safe alternative to bisphenol A (BPA) and it it gives access to new polymer advantages, such as:
- Excellent optical properties (low birefringence and excellent light transmission)
- Chemical & UV resistance (without compounding with special UV stabilizers)
- High surface resistance, notably scratch resistance
Thanks to their enhanced properties, isosorbide-based polycarbonates can be used in, amongst others, the construction and automotive industries
It can also offer applications as a glass-alternative functional bio-based materials, such as in optical devices and hi-tech films.
POLYSORB® isosorbide. Much more than just a polycarbonate!Find out more about our solutions for performance Materials
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Discover how POLYSORB® isosorbide, bio-based ingredient derivated from sorbitol, as a monomer or through its derivatives, can help enhance your coating properties.See brochure -
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Learn how our high-purity plant-based POLYSORB® isosorbide can improve the properties of your PET.See webinar -
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Key benefits: a sustainable and non-toxic functional molecule, REACH approvedSee scientific publication -
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Key benefits: Heat resistance, Increased glass temperature, Good chemical and mechanical resistance, Optical propertiesSee brochure -
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Key benefits: Chemical & UV resistance, High impact polymer, Good surface hardness, Optical propertiesSee brochure
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Enabling sustainable materials with BIOSUCCINIUM® succinic acid
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Innovate beyond nature with POLYSORB® isosorbide
Our plant-based solution for safe, sustainable and innovative performance materials.
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Composites & coatings
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Plasticizers
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Polyesters PET - PEIT
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Polyurethanes
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