Toughness and its mechanisms in epoxy resins

X Mi, N Liang, H Xu, J Wu, Y Jiang, B Nie… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Counting for approximately 3.13 million tons of products, epoxy resins (EPs) have been
extensively employed as matrix resins of composites and applied in aerospace, aviation …

Closed-loop chemical recycling of thermosetting polymers and their applications: a review

Y Liu, Z Yu, B Wang, P Li, J Zhu, S Ma - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Conventional thermosets are infusible and insoluble covalently cross-linked polymers that
are difficult to recycle and reuse when discarded. Recent years have witnessed the …

Low dielectric constant and highly intrinsic thermal conductivity fluorine‐containing epoxy resins with ordered liquid crystal structures

X Fan, Z Liu, S Wang, J Gu - SusMat, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Epoxy resins with a high dielectric constant and low intrinsic thermal conductivity coefficient
cannot meet the current application requirements of advanced electronic and electrical …

Bio-based hyperbranched epoxy resins: synthesis and recycling

Y Jiang, J Li, D Li, Y Ma, S Zhou, Y Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Epoxy resins (EPs), accounting for about 70% of the thermosetting resin market, have been
recognized as the most widely used thermosetting resins in the world. Nowadays, 90% of …

Highly thermo-stable resveratrol-based flame retardant for enhancing mechanical and fire safety properties of epoxy resins

Y Xu, WJ Yang, QK Zhou, TY Gao, GM Xu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The integration of flame-retardant additive with both excellent thermal stability and
remarkable fire-retarded efficiency into epoxy resins (EP) is highly demanded while …

Tough, reprocessable, and recyclable dynamic covalent polymers with ultrastable long‐lived room‐temperature phosphorescence

ZH Zhao, PC Zhao, SY Chen, YX Zheng… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Room‐temperature phosphorescence (RTP) polymers, whose emission can persist for a
long period after photoexcitation, are of great importance for practical applications. Herein …

Strong yet tough catalyst‐free transesterification vitrimer with excellent fire‐retardancy, durability, and closed‐loop recyclability

G Ye, S Huo, C Wang, Q Zhang, H Wang, P Song, Z Liu - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Despite great advances in vitrimer, it remains highly challenging to achieve a property
portfolio of excellent mechanical properties, desired durability, and high fire safety. Thus, a …

Closed-loop recycling of tough and flame-retardant epoxy resins

F Wei, J Zhang, C Wu, M Luo, B Ye, H Zhang… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Large-scale applications of flame-retardant epoxy resins have caused sustainability
concerns on the use of renewable resources and end-of-life wastes. New strategies are …

High-performance recyclable and malleable epoxy resin with vanillin-based hyperbranched epoxy resin containing dual dynamic bonds

Y Hao, L Zhong, T Li, J Zhang… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Dynamic covalent polymer networks represent new opportunities in the design of
sustainable epoxy resins due to their excellent malleability and reprocessability; however …

High-performance and fully recyclable epoxy resins cured by imine-containing hardeners derived from vanillin and syringaldehyde

MA Rashid, S Zhu, L Zhang, K Jin, W Liu - European Polymer Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasing concerns about environmental protection have driven the rapid development of
recyclable and sustainable thermosetting polymers. Herein, two biobased epoxy hardeners …