Recently, AOTD has found a new type of polyol named PolyMO and with a joint research with WKI, the PolyMO has been tested for 2K-PU coating system. Palm oil has carbon double bonds and can be subjected to some processes such as epoxidation, alcoholysis and esterification to give the desired reactivity in the final resin aimed for coating applications. The production of the PolyMO has been achieved at laboratory scale and the team members are actively trying to optimize the synthesis work for scaling up purposes.

Main Research: Dr Hazimah Abu Hassan