High‐performance polymeric materials through hydrogen‐bond cross‐linking

P Song, H Wang - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
It has always been critical to develop high‐performance polymeric materials with
exceptional mechanical strength and toughness, thermal stability, and even healable …

Dynamic bonds: adaptable timescales for responsive materials

SV Wanasinghe, OJ Dodo… - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Dynamic bonds introduce unique properties such as self‐healing, recyclability, shape
memory, and malleability to polymers. Significant efforts have been made to synthesize a …

A reactive copper-organophosphate-MXene heterostructure enabled antibacterial, self-extinguishing and mechanically robust polymer nanocomposites

L Liu, M Zhu, Z Ma, X Xu, SM Seraji, B Yu, Z Sun… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has raised the need for urgent antibacterial requirements
for many commercially important polymers, eg, Epoxy resins (EPs). Meanwhile, intrinsic …

Functionalizing MXene towards highly stretchable, ultratough, fatigue-and fire-resistant polymer nanocomposites

L Liu, M Zhu, Y Shi, X Xu, Z Ma, B Yu, S Fu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) features many important industrial applications, but
intrinsic flammability extremely impedes its practical applications. Current fire-retardant …

Dynamic nanoconfinement enabled highly stretchable and supratough polymeric materials with desirable healability and biocompatibility

L Liu, M Zhu, X Xu, X Li, Z Ma, Z Jiang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Lightweight polymeric materials are highly attractive platforms for many potential industrial
applications in aerospace, soft robots, and biological engineering fields. For these real …

Fire‐retardant and high‐strength polymeric materials enabled by supramolecular aggregates: Special Collection: Distinguished Australian Researchers

L Liu, M Zhu, J Feng, H Peng, Y Shi, J Gao… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
High‐performance polymers have proliferated in modern society across a variety of
industries because of their low density, good chemical stability, and superior mechanical …

Biomimetic supertough and strong biodegradable polymeric materials with improved thermal properties and excellent UV‐blocking performance

X Zhang, W Liu, D Yang, X Qiu - Advanced Functional Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The preparation of biodegradable polymeric materials with both great strength and
toughness remains a huge challenge. The natural spider silk exhibits a combined super …

Robust, healable, self-locomotive integrated robots enabled by noncovalent assembled gradient nanostructure

Y Wang, G Su, J Li, Q Guo, Y Miao, X Zhang - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Integration, being lightweight, and intelligence are important orientations for the future
advancement of soft robots. However, existing soft robots are generally hydrogels or silicone …

Supramolecular polymer networks: hydrogels and bulk materials

L Voorhaar, R Hoogenboom - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Supramolecular polymer networks are materials crosslinked by reversible supramolecular
interactions, such as hydrogen bonding or electrostatic interactions. Supramolecular …

Closed-loop recycling of tough and flame-retardant epoxy resins

F Wei, J Zhang, C Wu, M Luo, B Ye, H Zhang… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Large-scale applications of flame-retardant epoxy resins have caused sustainability
concerns on the use of renewable resources and end-of-life wastes. New strategies are …