The development of more sustainable materials with a prolonged useful lifetime is a key
requirement for a transition towards a more circular economy. However, polymer materials …

The vitrimer-thermoset concept represents an important contribution to improve the durability
and recyclability of thermoset-systems. The concept of Associative Dynamic Covalent …

Bio-inspired self-healing materials hold great promise for applications in wearable
electronics, artificial muscles and soft robots, etc. However, self-healing at subzero …

Epoxy vitrimers have emerged as a new class of self-healing, recyclable, and reprocessable
materials, offering new opportunities to traditional epoxy thermosets by improving life-span …

Thermosets dominate the composite industry owing to their outstanding stiffness to weight
ratio and fatigue resistance. Nevertheless, the possibilities of recycling these materials are …

The lack of functionalities such as degradability, antibacterial, and flame retardancy is the
key to limit the further wide application of conventional epoxy thermosets. In this work, a …

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

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

Flexible conductive composites can be used as wearable strain sensors, which are widely
used in the fields of new-generation robotics, electronic skin, and human detection …

Dynamic covalent polymer networks represent new opportunities in the design of
sustainable epoxy resins due to their excellent malleability and reprocessability; however …