Frontal polymerizations: from chemical perspectives to macroscopic properties and applications

BA Suslick, J Hemmer, BR Groce, KJ Stawiasz… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The synthesis and processing of most thermoplastics and thermoset polymeric materials rely
on energy-inefficient and environmentally burdensome manufacturing methods. Frontal …

Advances in frontal polymerization strategy: From fundamentals to applications

Q Li, HX Shen, C Liu, CF Wang, L Zhu… - Progress in Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polymer materials have sparked considerable interest from both academic and industrial
researchers due to their fantastic features and wide applications. The polymer synthetic …

Rapid energy-efficient manufacturing of polymers and composites via frontal polymerization

ID Robertson, M Yourdkhani, PJ Centellas, JE Aw… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Thermoset polymers and composite materials are integral to today's aerospace, automotive,
marine and energy industries and will be vital to the next generation of lightweight, energy …

Review on UV-induced cationic frontal polymerization of epoxy monomers

MS Malik, S Schlögl, M Wolfahrt, M Sangermano - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ultraviolet (UV)-induced cationic frontal polymerization has emerged as a novel technique
that allows rapid curing of various epoxy monomers upon UV irradiation within a few …

Three-dimensional modeling of frontal polymerization for rapid, efficient, and uniform thermoset composites manufacturing

A Tarafdar, C Jia, W Hu, ID Hosein, KK Fu… - Composites Part B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the incapability of one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) models in
simulating the frontal polymerization (FP) process in laminated composites with multiple …

Alkyl phosphite inhibitors for frontal ring-opening metathesis polymerization greatly increase pot life

ID Robertson, LM Dean, GE Rudebusch… - ACS Macro …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Frontal ring-opening metathesis polymerization (FROMP) has potential for use in rapid
fabrication of structural polymers. However, the high activity of the ruthenium catalyst used …

A Mechanism-Based Reaction–Diffusion Model for Accelerated Discovery of Thermoset Resins Frontally Polymerized by Olefin Metathesis

D Bistri, I Arretche, JJ Lessard… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Frontal ring-opening metathesis polymerization (FROMP) involves a self-perpetuating
exothermic reaction, which enables the rapid and energy-efficient manufacturing of …

Enhanced dielectric properties of high glass transition temperature PDCPD/CNT composites by frontal ring-opening metathesis polymerization

P Wang, L Yang, S Gao, X Chen, T Cao… - … Composites and Hybrid …, 2021 - Springer
Frontal ring-opening metathesis polymerization was used to in situ prepare
polydicyclopentadiene (PDCPD)/carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and PDCPD/CNT-NH 2 …

Frontal ring-opening metathesis polymerization of exo-dicyclopentadiene for low catalyst loadings

ID Robertson, EL Pruitt, JS Moore - ACS Macro Letters, 2016 - ACS Publications
Polydicyclopentadiene (PDCPD) is a polymer of growing importance in industrial
applications. Frontal ring-opening metathesis polymerization (FROMP) offers a means to …

New horizons for carbon dots: quantum nano-photoinitiating catalysts for cationic photopolymerization and three-dimensional (3D) printing under visible light

W Tomal, T Świergosz, M Pilch, W Kasprzyk… - Polymer Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein, the application of various citric acid-based carbon dots (CDs) as efficient
photosensitizers of iodonium salts in initiating the light-induced cationic polymerization …