Dynamic and reconfigurable materials from reversible network interactions

MJ Webber, MW Tibbitt - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Polymer materials provide solutions to some of the most pressing environmental,
manufacturing and health-care challenges. Traditional thermoplastic and thermoset …

Closed-loop recyclable polymers: from monomer and polymer design to the polymerization–depolymerization cycle

S Yang, S Du, J Zhu, S Ma - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The extensive utilization of plastic, as a symbol of modern technological society, has
consumed enormous amounts of finite and non-renewable fossil resources and produced …

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 …

Deep Eutectic Solvents‐Based Ionogels with Ultrafast Gelation and High Adhesion in Harsh Environments

G Ge, K Mandal, R Haghniaz, M Li… - Advanced functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Adhesive materials have recently drawn intensive attention due to their excellent sealing
ability, stimulating advances in materials science and industrial usage. However, reported …

100th Anniversary of macromolecular science viewpoint: Toward catalytic chemical recycling of waste (and future) plastics

JC Worch, AP Dove - ACS Macro Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
The current global materials economy has long been inefficient due to unproductive reuse
and recycling efforts. Within the wider materials portfolio, plastics have been revolutionary to …

Covalent adaptable liquid crystal networks enabled by reversible ring-opening cascades of cyclic disulfides

S Huang, Y Shen, HK Bisoyi, Y Tao, Z Liu… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The development of covalent adaptable liquid crystal networks (LCNs) enabled by
introducing dynamic covalent bonds has endowed liquid crystal actuators with self-healing …

Adaptive ionogel paint from room‐temperature autonomous polymerization of α‐thioctic acid for stretchable and healable electronics

Y Wang, S Sun, P Wu - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Development of a universal stretchable ionic conductor coating on insulating
substrates, irrespective of surface chemistry and substrate shapes, is of immense interest for …

A self-stabilized and water-responsive deliverable coenzyme-based polymer binary elastomer adhesive patch for treating oral ulcer

C Cui, L Mei, D Wang, P Jia, Q Zhou, W Liu - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Oral ulcer can be treated with diverse biomaterials loading drugs or cytokines. However,
most patients do not benefit from these materials because of poor adhesion, short-time …

Acylhydrazine-based reticular hydrogen bonds enable robust, tough, and dynamic supramolecular materials

Y Deng, Q Zhang, C Shi, R Toyoda, DH Qu, H Tian… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Supramolecular materials are widely recognized among the most promising candidates for
future generations of sustainable plastics because of their dynamic functions. However, the …

Transparent, mechanically strong, extremely tough, self‐recoverable, healable supramolecular elastomers facilely fabricated via dynamic hard domains design for …

D Wang, JH Xu, JY Chen, P Hu, Y Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The design and synthesis of supramolecular self‐healing polymers with high healing
efficiency and excellent integrated mechanical properties is challenging due to conflicting …