UV curing technology is widely used in the furniture, plastic and printing industries. An interesting application of this technique may also be in the future protection of cultural heritage, with a specific focus on metal artifacts. The growing interest in this curing technique is due to its numerous advantages, including low energy consumption, almost zero volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and fast production speed. The use of UV-cured coatings on metal substrates is still very limited, despite many advances made in recent years. The main problems are a lack of adhesion to the substrate or limited corrosion resistance.

The essence of this research is to develop a new method for obtaining and determining the properties of biobased, (meth)acrylated, acidic adhesion promoters. Based on the results of the conducted studies, the conditions for the synthesis process were selected, raw materials were selected for obtaining new biobased adhesion promoters and their properties were tested. The assumed structure of the obtained compounds was confirmed and their basic properties were determined. The use of raw materials from renewable sources to obtain new adhesion promoters was also justified due to issues of environmental protection and sustainable development. Traditional commercial adhesion promoters were also selected for comparative studies.

Acknowledgments

This research was carried out under the project BiBACoM 01/36/CORNET/BIBACOM “Bio-Based UV-Curable Anti-Corrosion Coatings for Metal Substrates” funded by the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR).