Biobased vitrimers: Towards sustainable and adaptable performing polymer materials
In the last decades, Covalent Adaptable Networks (CAN) appeared as an innovative
polymer family, able to bridge the gap between thermoplastics and thermosets. CAN rely on …
polymer family, able to bridge the gap between thermoplastics and thermosets. CAN rely on …
Toward stimuli‐responsive dynamic thermosets through continuous development and improvements in covalent adaptable networks (CANs)
M Podgórski, BD Fairbanks, BE Kirkpatrick… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Covalent adaptable networks (CANs), unlike typical thermosets or other covalently
crosslinked networks, possess a unique, often dormant ability to activate one or more forms …
crosslinked networks, possess a unique, often dormant ability to activate one or more forms …
Elastic vitrimers: Beyond thermoplastic and thermoset elastomers
Thermoset elastomers are widely used in industry and frontier research due to their
advantage of mechanical robustness, high thermal/chemical resistance, and good …
advantage of mechanical robustness, high thermal/chemical resistance, and good …
Polymer engineering based on reversible covalent chemistry: A promising innovative pathway towards new materials and new functionalities
ZP Zhang, MZ Rong, MQ Zhang - Progress in Polymer Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Reversible covalent polymers are able to change their bond arrangement and structure via
reversible reaction triggered by external stimuli including heating, light and pH, while …
reversible reaction triggered by external stimuli including heating, light and pH, while …
Functional epoxy vitrimers and composites
Y Yang, Y Xu, Y Ji, Y Wei - Progress in Materials Science, 2021 - Elsevier
From cars to airplanes, from household appliances to indoor ornaments, from biomedical
devices to factory equipment, epoxy resins have been deeply rooted in modern society. But …
devices to factory equipment, epoxy resins have been deeply rooted in modern society. But …
Recent development of repairable, malleable and recyclable thermosetting polymers through dynamic transesterification
A fully polymerized (cured) thermoset is no longer capable of flow like a thermoplastic to be
recycled and reprocessed into a new object. Developing repairable, malleable and …
recycled and reprocessed into a new object. Developing repairable, malleable and …
Vitrimers: permanent organic networks with glass-like fluidity
W Denissen, JM Winne, FE Du Prez - Chemical science, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Most covalent adaptable networks give highly interesting properties for material processing
such as reshaping, recycling and repairing. Classical thermally reversible chemical cross …
such as reshaping, recycling and repairing. Classical thermally reversible chemical cross …
Malleable and recyclable thermosets: The next generation of plastics
Malleable thermosets are crosslinked polymers containing dynamic covalent bonds, which
can be reversibly cleaved and reformed. They have attracted considerable attention in …
can be reversibly cleaved and reformed. They have attracted considerable attention in …
Epoxy resin with exchangeable disulfide crosslinks to obtain reprocessable, repairable and recyclable fiber-reinforced thermoset composites
AR de Luzuriaga, R Martin, N Markaide… - Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Fiber-reinforced polymer composites (FRPCs) made of a “dynamic” epoxy resin possess
good mechanical properties, while showing reprocessability, reparability and recyclability …
good mechanical properties, while showing reprocessability, reparability and recyclability …
On the welding of vitrimers: Chemistry, mechanics and applications
Linear chains in thermoplastics make them relatively weak in performance but inherently
weldable and recyclable. By contrast, thermosets with permanently crosslinked networks …
weldable and recyclable. By contrast, thermosets with permanently crosslinked networks …