title: Recent advances in cardanol chemistry in a nutshell: from a nut to nanomaterials.
abstract: This tutorial review could serve as an introduction of cardanol into the world of soft nanomaterials; it is a biobased lipid-mixture obtained from the plant Anacardium occidentale L. Cardanol is a renewable raw material derived from a byproduct of cashew nut processing industry: Cashew Nut Shell Liquid (CNSL). Cardanol is a rich mixture of non-isoprenoic phenolic compounds that is a valuable raw material for generating a variety of soft nanomaterials such as nanotubes, nanofibers, gels and surfactants. These nanostructures may then serve as templates for the synthesis of additional nanomaterials. The wealth and diversity of cardanol-derived functional nanomaterials has urged us to present an article that will give readers a taste of a new class of cardanol-derived functional amphiphiles, along with their ability to generate hierarchical functional nanomaterials through non-covalent soft-chemical routes. In this concise review, we discuss selected examples of novel biobased surfactants, glycolipids, and polymers derived from cardanol, and their subsequent self-assembly into functional soft materials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The City College of New York, The City University of New York & Institute of Macromolecular Assemblies, CUNY, New York, New York 10031, USA.
authors.forename: Vijai Shankar
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Balachandran
authors.forename: Swapnil Rohidas
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Jadhav
authors.forename: Praveen Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Vemula
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: John
mesh_terms: D031021:Anacardium / Q000737:chemistry*; D005782:Gels / Q000737:chemistry; D050866:Liquid Crystals / Q000737:chemistry; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009754:Nuts / Q000737:chemistry*; D010636:Phenols / Q000737:chemistry*; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D005782:Gels; D010636:Phenols; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; C038590:cardanol