The Next Generation Sustainable Polymers

Vegetable oils (VOs) are superabundant, economic, nontoxic, and biodegradable resource, which are applied for surface coatings for the last two decades. Moreover, the adaptation of the ultramodern techniques coupled with the VOs-based sustainable polymers in the field of surface coatings shows an outstanding physicochemical, physicomechanical, electrical, and thermal properties. On account of this, the present chapter focuses on the classifications, properties, and modifications of the sustainable polymers. Past decade, the theory of environment friendly, solventless, UV curable, waterborne (WB), and hyperbranched (HPs) coatings that are developed from sustainable resources have been discussed. The chapter further highlights the modification of VO-based polymers and their nanocomposites for enduring sustainable and green future. Moreover, the future scopes of these polymers have also been discussed in detail.