Toward stimuli‐responsive dynamic thermosets through continuous development and improvements in covalent adaptable networks (CANs)

M Podgórski, BD Fairbanks, BE Kirkpatrick… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Covalent adaptable networks (CANs), unlike typical thermosets or other covalently
crosslinked networks, possess a unique, often dormant ability to activate one or more forms …

Multifunctionality in epoxy resins

JC Capricho, B Fox, N Hameed - Polymer Reviews, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Epoxy resin will continue to be in the forefront of many thermoset applications due to its
versatile properties. However, with advancement in manufacturing, changing societal …

On the welding of vitrimers: Chemistry, mechanics and applications

Q Shi, C **, Z Chen, L An… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Linear chains in thermoplastics make them relatively weak in performance but inherently
weldable and recyclable. By contrast, thermosets with permanently crosslinked networks …

Recyclable 3D printing of vitrimer epoxy

Q Shi, K Yu, X Kuang, X Mu, CK Dunn, ML Dunn… - Materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
3D printing of polymeric materials for various applications has been quickly developed in
recent years. In contrast to thermoplastics, 3D printed thermosets, although desirable, are …

High-performance and fully recyclable epoxy resins cured by imine-containing hardeners derived from vanillin and syringaldehyde

MA Rashid, S Zhu, L Zhang, K **, W Liu - European Polymer Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasing concerns about environmental protection have driven the rapid development of
recyclable and sustainable thermosetting polymers. Herein, two biobased epoxy hardeners …

The impact of vitrimers on the industry of the future: Chemistry, properties and sustainable forward-looking applications

W Alabiso, S Schlögl - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Thermosets are known to be very reliable polymeric materials for high-performance and light-
weight applications, due to their retained dimensional stability, chemical inertia and rigidity …

Linear viscoelasticity and flow of self-assembled vitrimers: the case of a polyethylene/dioxaborolane system

RG Ricarte, F Tournilhac, M Cloître, L Leibler - Macromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
For vitrimer systems obtained by dynamic cross-linking of polymer chains, incompatibility
effects between the cross-links and polymer backbone can lead to microphase separation …

Effect of sterics and degree of cross-linking on the mechanical properties of dynamic poly (alkylurea–urethane) networks

L Zhang, SJ Rowan - Macromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
Dynamic covalent networks are polymer networks that contain a dynamic covalent bond
which allows them to be reprocessable, remoldable, and recyclable as well as exhibit crack …

Solvent‐free upcycling vitrimers through digital light processing‐based 3D printing and bond exchange reaction

H Li, B Zhang, R Wang, X Yang, X He… - Advanced functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Vitrimers, a type of dynamically crosslinked polymers that combine the solvent‐and heat‐
resistance of thermosets with the reprocessability of thermoplastics, offer a new solution to …

Self-healing and polymer welding of soft and stiff epoxy thermosets via silanolates

AA Putnam-Neeb, JM Kaiser, AM Hubbard… - … Composites and Hybrid …, 2022 - Springer
Incorporating dynamic bonds into polymers enables static thermosets to be transformed into
active materials, possessing the reprocessability of thermoplastics while maintaining the …