Abstract
Abstract Gelatin from cold fish skin has strong mechanical properties and biodegradability. Cold fish gelatin was introduced into waterborne polyurethane (WPU) by covalent bonding to reinforce and render biodegradability of WPU. For this, gelatin was chemically modified with vinyltrimethoxysilane (VTMS) via the sol–gel type reactions and incorporated into hydroxyl ethyl acrylate (HEA) termini of WPU by UV curing. Covalent incorporations provided the hybrids with enhanced water resistance, hardness, glassy and rubbery state moduli, yield strength, and thermal resistance of soft segment along with significantly enhanced biodegradability both in trypsin solution and soil.
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