Vitrimers: Current research trends and their emerging applications

J Zheng, ZM Png, SH Ng, GX Tham, E Ye, SS Goh… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of recyclable plastics is a key research focus in today's world due to their
environmental issues, and non-renewability concerns. Recently, vitrimeric materials have …

Biobased covalent adaptable networks: towards better sustainability of thermosets

XL Zhao, PX Tian, YD Li, JB Zeng - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermosets have many advantages such as excellent mechanical properties, dimensional
stability, and chemical and environmental resistance, but suffer from unsustainability …

Elastic vitrimers: Beyond thermoplastic and thermoset elastomers

J Luo, Z Demchuk, X Zhao, T Saito, M Tian, AP Sokolov… - Matter, 2022 - cell.com
Thermoset elastomers are widely used in industry and frontier research due to their
advantage of mechanical robustness, high thermal/chemical resistance, and good …

Neighboring group participation and internal catalysis effects on exchangeable covalent bonds: application to the thriving field of vitrimer chemistry

F Cuminet, S Caillol, É Dantras, E Leclerc… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Vitrimers constitute a fascinating class of polymer materials that make the link between the
historically opposed 3D networks (thermosets) and linear polymers (thermoplastics). Their …

Biobased transesterification vitrimers

A Kumar, LA Connal - Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid increase in the use of plastics and the related sustainability issues, including the
depletion of global petroleum reserves, have rightly sparked interest in the use of biobased …

Repeatedly recyclable 3D printing catalyst‐free dynamic thermosetting photopolymers

J Cui, F Liu, Z Lu, S Feng, C Liang, Y Sun… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photo‐curing 3D printing technology has promoted the advanced manufacturing in various
fields, but has exacerbated the environmental crisis by the demand for the chemically cross …

Bio‐Based Thermosetting Resins: From Molecular Engineering to Intrinsically Multifunctional Customization

W Zhao, J Liu, S Wang, J Dai, X Liu - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recent years have witnessed a growing interest in bio‐based thermosetting resins in terms
of environmental concerns and the desire for sustainable industrial practices. Beyond …

Covalent adaptable networks from renewable resources: Crosslinked polymers for a sustainable future

S Kamarulzaman, ZM Png, EQ Lim, IZS Lim, Z Li… - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
Covalent adaptable networks (CANs) are crosslinked polymers with dynamic covalent
bonds, which enable these networks to exhibit both the durability of thermosets and the …

Robust Epoxy Resins with Autonomous Visualization of Damaging‐Healing and Green Closed‐Loop Recycling

X Jiao, Y Ma, Z Zhao, L Gao, B Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Epoxy resins‐based engineering plastics are indispensable in the global economy, but they
have created a serious waste crisis caused by their chemical cross‐linked networks. To …

Catalyst-free dynamic transesterification towards a high-performance and fire-safe epoxy vitrimer and its carbon fiber composite

JH Chen, BW Liu, JH Lu, P Lu, YL Tang, L Chen… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The preparation of fire-safe and high-performance carbon fiber reinforced composites with
reprocessable resin matrix and recyclable reinforced fibers is of great importance and …