High-strength hydrogels: Fabrication, reinforcement mechanisms, and applications

H Huang, Z Dong, X Ren, B Jia, G Li, S Zhou, X Zhao… - Nano Research, 2023 - Springer
With the continuous appearance and expansion of high-strength hydrogels in emerging
fields such as industry, medicine, and green development, the synthesis and application of …

Dynamic covalent bonds in polymeric materials

P Chakma, D Konkolewicz - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Dynamic covalent bonds (DCBs) have received significant attention over the past decade.
These are covalent bonds that are capable of exchanging or switching between several …

Disulfide-mediated reversible polymerization toward intrinsically dynamic smart materials

Q Zhang, DH Qu, BL Feringa… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The development of a dynamic chemistry toolbox to endow materials dynamic behavior has
been key to the rational design of future smart materials. The rise of supramolecular and …

Recyclable, self-strengthening starch-based epoxy vitrimer facilitated by exchangeable disulfide bonds

N Tratnik, NR Tanguy, N Yan - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Colorless, transparent, robust, and fast scratch‐self‐healing elastomers via a phase‐locked dynamic bonds design

Y Lai, X Kuang, P Zhu, M Huang, X Dong… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Robust self‐healing thermoplastic elastomers are expected to have repeated healing
capability, remarkable mechanical properties, transparency, and superior toughness. The …

Introducing dynamic bonds in light‐based 3D printing

G Zhu, HA Houck, CA Spiegel… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Light‐based 3D printing has received significant attention due to several advantages
including high printing speed and resolution. Along with the development of new …

Polymer engineering based on reversible covalent chemistry: A promising innovative pathway towards new materials and new functionalities

ZP Zhang, MZ Rong, MQ Zhang - Progress in Polymer Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Reversible covalent polymers are able to change their bond arrangement and structure via
reversible reaction triggered by external stimuli including heating, light and pH, while …

Acid‐catalyzed Disulfide‐mediated Reversible Polymerization for Recyclable Dynamic Covalent Materials

BS Wang, Q Zhang, ZQ Wang, CY Shi… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Poly (1, 2‐dithiolane) s are a family of intrinsically recyclable polymers due to their
dynamic covalent disulfide linkages. Despite the common use of thiolate‐initiated anionic …

Intrinsic self-healing chemistry for next-generation flexible energy storage devices

X Wan, T Mu, G Yin - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
The booming wearable/portable electronic devices industry has stimulated the progress of
supporting flexible energy storage devices. Excellent performance of flexible devices not …

Sulfur chemistry in polymer and materials science

H Mutlu, EB Ceper, X Li, J Yang… - Macromolecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Sulfur and its functional groups are major players in an area of exciting research taking
place in modern polymer and materials science, both in academia and industry. In fact …