EcoMer® is a family of novel patented sugar-based macromers that are now available to polymer manufacturers as biobased building blocks to create new waterborne sugar-acrylic adhesives and resins. The sugar used to produce EcoMer is derived from an annually renewable resource, such as glucose or dextrose from cornstarch. They are the first collection of harmless new monomers to be introduced to the adhesive industry in 20 years.

EcoMer can be produced at various viscosity levels, ranging from a resinous solid to a pumpable liquid. It is available as a 40% solution in butyl acrylate comonomer (low viscosity), and in pure form (a solid with a softening point of about 53 ºC). Both of these products are close to 100% active in monomer. It can be chemically joined (copolymerized) to conventional acrylic building blocks (acrylic monomers) to create sugar-based copolymers for widespread applications including adhesives, inks and toners.

Product Attributes

EcoMer is a novel biosynthetic family of macromers that imparts biobased content. EcoMer can replace potentially damaging and non-renewable petrochemicals in many products within the adhesives, composites, industrial coatings, plastics and paints industries. It can also provide exciting opportunities to create entirely new biobased products using varying polymerization techniques.

At this time, samples of the EcoMer biobased building blocks are only available after execution of a Product Evaluation Agreement.