Hydrogels are polymer networks infiltrated with water. Many biological hydrogels in animal
bodies such as muscles, heart valves, cartilages, and tendons possess extreme mechanical …

The development of recyclable plastics is a key research focus in today's world due to their
environmental issues, and non-renewability concerns. Recently, vitrimeric materials have …

Thermoset elastomers are widely used in industry and frontier research due to their
advantage of mechanical robustness, high thermal/chemical resistance, and good …

Polymer networks are complex systems consisting of molecular components. Whereas the
properties of the individual components are typically well understood by most chemists …

Polymers with biodegradable properties are termed as the future “green materials”
possessing a shorter lifetime compared to synthetic polymeric materials. Though naturally …

With large quantities of waste carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites
generated, the development of recycling routes for CFRP composites have been driven by …

Structural adhesives are commonly used to join dissimilar materials and are of particular
interest in complex technological devices used in automotive, telecommunications, photonic …

Epoxidized soybean oil (ESO)-derived epoxy thermosets are usually limited by their poor
mechanical properties and non-reprocessability. Herein, we report sustainable epoxy …

Linear chains in thermoplastics make them relatively weak in performance but inherently
weldable and recyclable. By contrast, thermosets with permanently crosslinked networks …

Thermosetting plastics cannot be reprocessed and recycled due to their permanent and
strong covalent cross-linking bonds, and their use could result in serious environmental …