Processing of self‐healing polymers for soft robotics

E Roels, S Terryn, F Iida, AW Bosman… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robots are, due to their softness, inherently safe and adapt well to unstructured
environments. However, they are prone to various damage types. Self‐healing polymers …

Fabrication and functionality integration technologies for small‐scale soft robots

S Zhang, X Ke, Q Jiang, Z Chai, Z Wu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Small‐scale soft robots are attracting increasing interest for visible and potential applications
owing to their safety and tolerance resulting from their intrinsic soft bodies or compliant …

Fast visible-light photopolymerization in the presence of multiwalled carbon nanotubes: Toward 3D printing conducting nanocomposites

A Gallastegui, A Dominguez-Alfaro, L Lezama… - ACS Macro …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A new photoinitiator system (PIS) based on riboflavin (Rf), triethanolamine, and multiwalled
carbon nanobutes (MWCNTs) is presented for visible-light-induced photopolymerization of …

The final frontier of sustainable materials: Current developments in self-healing elastomers

S Utrera-Barrios, R Verdejo… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
It is impossible to describe the recent progress of our society without considering the role of
polymers; however, for a broad audience,“polymer” is usually related to environmental …

Sustainability of self-healing polymers: A holistic perspective towards circularity in polymer networks

K Cerdan, M Thys, AC Cornellà, F Demir… - Progress in Polymer …, 2024 - Elsevier
Permanent polymer networks present an important sustainability challenge. Irreversible
covalent crosslinks impart these materials excellent mechanical properties, thermal and …

Self-Healing Polymeric Materials and Composites for Additive Manufacturing

Y Jiang, ELL Ng, DX Han, Y Yan, SY Chan, J Wang… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Self-healing polymers have received widespread attention due to their ability to repair
damage autonomously and increase material stability, reliability, and economy. However …

Depolymerizing polyethylene terephthalate (PET) via “imidazolysis” for obtaining a diverse array of intermediates from plastic waste

MR Bepari, LR Sullivan, KE O'Harra… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a ubiquitous commodity plastic used in applications that
include textiles, food packaging, drink bottles, and thermoplastic resins. Like other synthetic …

Three‐dimensional chemical reactors: in situ materials synthesis to advance vat photopolymerization

DW Yee, JR Greer - Polymer International, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Vat photopolymerization (VP) is one of the most remarkable additive manufacturing
techniques today and has been used for a variety of applications, from materials research to …

Poly (ether ether ketone) Ionenes: Ultrahigh-Performance Polymers Meet Ionic Liquids

K O'Harra, I Kammakakam, P Shinde… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2022 - ACS Publications
This work presents the first example of an imidazolium ionene containing aromatic ether-
ketone-ether linkages inspired by poly (ether ether ketone)(PEEK), a well-known ultrahigh …

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Introduction 2. Sustainability of intrinsic self-healing mechanisms 2.1 Supramolecular
dynamic interactions 2.2 Dissociative dynamic covalent chemistries 2.3 Associative dynamic …