The utilisation of palm oil-based polymers as biomaterials has received considerable interest to support further expansion in the biomedical field as they pose the potential capability of competing with synthetic polymers per their physicochemical, thermal, and crystallinity properties. In this study, the synthesis of a new green biopolymer, namely acrylated palm olein (APO) from a palm oil-based precursor, was developed. The APO was synthesised via the ring-opening process of the epoxidised palm olein (EPOo) with acrylic acid and triethylamine. The acrylation process produced an APO of a high yield (86.64%) with a molecular weight of 1750 Da. The ester group representing the APO was confirmed through the proton nuclear magnetic resonance (¹H-NMR), carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance (¹³C-NMR) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), which revealed the promising biodegradable point of the APO molecular structure. Meanwhile, thermal and crystallisation profiles of the APO showed a single-stage decomposition pattern and its triglycerides (TAGs) crystal formation and melting behaviour. As a result, the desired APO polymer was obtained, which possessed potential biodegradable chemical functional group, amorphous, and low molecular weight properties.

棕榈油基聚合物作为生物材料已受到广泛关注，以支持其在生物医学领域的进一步发展，因为它们的物理化学，热学和结晶度特性使其具有与合成聚合物竞争的潜在能力。在这项研究中，开发了一种新的绿色生物聚合物，即从棕榈油基前体合成丙烯酸丙烯酸棕榈油精（APO）。APO是通过环氧化棕榈油精（EPOo）与丙烯酸和三乙胺的开环过程合成的。丙烯酸化过程产生了具有1750 Da的分子量的高产率（86.64％）的APO。代表APO的酯基通过质子核磁共振（¹ H-NMR），碳13核磁共振（¹³C-NMR）和傅立叶变换红外光谱（FTIR），揭示了APO分子结构的有希望的生物降解点。同时，APO的热和结晶曲线显示了一个单阶段分解模式及其甘油三酸酯（TAGs）晶体的形成和熔融行为。结果，获得所需的APO聚合物，其具有潜在的可生物降解的化学官能团，无定形和低分子量性质。