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 …

Deep-eutectic solvents playing multiple roles in the synthesis of polymers and related materials

D Carriazo, MC Serrano, MC Gutiérrez… - Chemical Society …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The aim of this review is to provide an exposition of some of the most recent applications of
deep-eutectic solvents (DESs) in the synthesis of polymers and related materials. We …

Nonlinear chemical dynamics: oscillations, patterns, and chaos

IR Epstein, K Showalter - The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1996 - ACS Publications
Chemical reactions with nonlinear kinetic behavior can give rise to a remarkable set of
spatiotemporal phenomena. These include periodic and chaotic changes in concentration …

Use of deep eutectic solvents in polymer chemistry–a review

M Jablonský, A Škulcová, J Šima - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
This review deals with two overlapping issues, namely polymer chemistry and deep eutectic
solvents (DESs). With regard to polymers, specific aspects of synthetic polymers …

Autocatalysis: Kinetics, mechanisms and design

AI Hanopolskyi, VA Smaliak, AI Novichkov… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of autocatalysis spans from practical applications such as in chemically
amplified photoresists, to autocatalysis playing a fundamental role in evolution as well as a …

Deep eutectic solvents in polymerizations: A greener alternative to conventional syntheses

F del Monte, D Carriazo, MC Serrano… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The use of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) that act as all‐in‐one solvent–template–reactant
systems offers an interesting green alternative to conventional syntheses in materials …

Free-radical frontal polymerization: Self-propagating thermal reaction waves

JA Pojman, VM Ilyashenko, AM Khan - Journal of the Chemical Society …, 1996 - pubs.rsc.org
Frontal polymerization is a mode of converting monomer into polymer via a localized
reaction zone that propagates. Such fronts can exist with free-radical polymerization or …

New horizons in cationic photopolymerization

M Sangermano, I Roppolo, A Chiappone - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
In this review, we report some recent advances and new horizons in UV-induced cationic
photopolymerization. In particular, after a brief introduction on the discovery and affirmation …

Kinetic and Chemical Effects of Clays and Other Fillers in the Preparation of Epoxy–Vinyl Ether Composites Using Radical-Induced Cationic Frontal Polymerization

BR Groce, EE Lane, DP Gary, DT Ngo… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Addition of fillers to formulations can generate composites with improved mechanical
properties and lower the overall cost through a reduction of chemicals needed. In this study …