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 …

Encapsulated Transition Metal Catalysts Enable Long-term Stability in Frontal Polymerization Resins

O Davydovich, AJ Greenlee, HD Root… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Frontal polymerization involves the propagation of a thermally driven polymerization wave
through a monomer solution to rapidly generate high-performance polymeric materials with …

Frontal polymerization of a thin film on a wood substrate

K Bansal, JA Pojman, D Webster, M Quadir - ACS Macro Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Frontal polymerization has been explored as a technique to form two-dimensional thin films
(< 0.5 mm) on wood. We used trimethylolpropane triacrylate with a thermal free-radical …

Versatility of pyrylium salt/vinyl ether initiating system for epoxide dual‐cure polymerization: kick‐starting effect of the coinitiator

M Lecompère, X Allonas, D Maréchal… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Pyrylium salts combined with vinyl ethers are shown to act as new versatile dual‐cure
initiating systems for both photochemical and thermal initiation of oxirane monomers. The …

β-Cyclodextrin-based supramolecular poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) hydrogels prepared by frontal polymerization

D Sanna, V Alzari, D Nuvoli, L Nuvoli, M Rassu… - Carbohydrate …, 2017 - Elsevier
Frontal polymerization (FP) was successfully applied to the synthesis of poly (N-
isopropylacrylamide)-grafted-acryloyl-β-cyclodextrin supramolecularly crosslinked …

Morphologies of Comb-like Polyacrylic Acid/Polyacrylate Copolymers as Functions of the Degree of Derivatization with n-C22H45 Side Chains

T Okada, M Ishii, H Sato, G Matsuba - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Polymers with crystallizable side chains have numerous applications, and their properties
depend on their crystal morphologies and phase separation. Structural analysis on a wide …

Effects of shell crosslinking on polyurea microcapsules containing a free‐radical initiator

B McFarland, JA Pojman - Journal of applied polymer science, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Microencapsulation of a material is often used when a controlled release of a substance is
desired. This study examines the effects of crosslinking in polyurea microcapsule shells on …

Photo‐triggered redox frontal polymerization: A new tool for synthesizing thermally sensitive materials

M He, X Huang, Z Zeng, J Yang - Journal of Polymer Science …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A novel approach of photo‐triggered redox frontal polymerization (FP) by
integrating photocaged superbase (QA‐DBU) with a peroxide initiator (dibenzoyl peroxide …

Redox cationic frontal polymerization: a new strategy towards fast and efficient curing of defect-free fiber reinforced polymer composites

MS Malik, M Wolfahrt, S Schlögl - RSC advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Frontal polymerization of epoxy-based thermosets is a promising curing technique for the
production of carbon fiber reinforced composites (CFRCs). It exploits the exothermicity of …