Smart fire-warning materials and sensors: Design principle, performances, and applications

LY Lv, CF Cao, YX Qu, GD Zhang, L Zhao… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fire safety and prevention of combustible materials are of paramount importance in modern
society but have been a global challenge. Frequent fire disasters cause massive casualties …

Dynamic covalent polymer networks: a molecular platform for designing functions beyond chemical recycling and self-healing

N Zheng, Y Xu, Q Zhao, T Xie - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Dynamic covalent polymer networks (DCPN) have historically attracted attention for their
unique roles in chemical recycling and self-healing, which are both relevant for sustainable …

Fast dynamic siloxane exchange mechanism for reshapable vitrimer composites

T Debsharma, V Amfilochiou… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
To develop siloxane-containing vitrimers with fast dynamic characteristics, different
mechanistic pathways have been investigated using a range of catalysts. In particular, one …

Research progress of the defects and innovations of ceramic vat photopolymerization

X Wu, J Teng, X Ji, C Xu, D Ma, S Sui, Z Zhang - Additive Manufacturing, 2023 - Elsevier
The developments in ceramic vat photopolymerization technology have the potential to
revolutionize the manufacture and application of complex and functional ceramics. At …

4D additive–subtractive manufacturing of shape memory ceramics

G Liu, X Zhang, X Lu, Y Zhao, Z Zhou, J Xu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The development of high‐temperature structural materials, such as ceramics, is limited by
their extremely high melting points and the difficulty in building complicated architectures …

Bulk network polymers with dynamic B–O bonds: Healable and reprocessable materials

AP Bapat, BS Sumerlin, A Sutti - Materials Horizons, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The need to minimize the amount of polymeric waste entering landfills and oceans has led
to several research avenues in the field of polymer science. Particularly, the development of …

Ultrafast flame-induced pyrolysis of poly (dimethylsiloxane) foam materials toward exceptional superhydrophobic surfaces and reliable mechanical robustness

GD Zhang, ZH Wu, QQ Xia, YX Qu… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Superhydrophobic surfaces are imperative in flexible polymer foams for diverse
applications; however, traditional surface coatings on soft skeletons are often fragile and can …

Liquid‐crystalline soft actuators with switchable thermal reprogrammability

Y Wu, Y Yang, X Qian, Q Chen, Y Wei… - Angewandte Chemie, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Thermal reprogrammability is essential for new‐generation large dry soft actuators, but the
realization sacrifices the favored actuation performance. The contradiction between thermal …

Rapid open‐air digital light 3D printing of thermoplastic polymer

S Deng, J Wu, MD Dickey, Q Zhao, T Xie - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 3D printing has witnessed a new era in which highly complexed customized
products become reality. Realizing its ultimate potential requires simultaneous attainment of …

Recent advances in additive manufacturing of active mechanical metamaterials

SM Montgomery, X Kuang, CD Armstrong… - Current Opinion in Solid …, 2020 - Elsevier
Active mechanical metamaterials are emerging materials receiving tremendous attention in
the past decades. Additive manufacturing (AM, or 3D printing) techniques empower the …