A cleavable crosslinking strategy for commodity polymer functionalization and generation of reprocessable thermosets

L Bi, B Godwin, MJ Baran, R Nazir… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Covalently crosslinked polymeric materials, known as thermosets, possess enhanced
mechanical strength and thermal stability relative to the corresponding uncrosslinked …

Epoxy resin-inspired reconfigurable supramolecular networks

DWR Balkenende, RA Olson, S Balog, C Weder… - …, 2016 - ACS Publications
With the goal to push the mechanical properties of reconfigurable supramolecular polymers
toward those of thermoset resins, we prepared and investigated a new family of hydrogen …

Mismatched Supramolecular Interactions Facilitate the Reprocessing of Super‐Strong and Ultra‐Tough Thermoset Elastomers

L Wang, K Zhang, X Zhang, Y Tan, L Guo… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoset elastomers have been extensively applied in many fields because of their
excellent mechanical strengths and durable characteristics, such as an excellent chemical …

Vitrimerization: converting thermoset polymers into vitrimers

L Yue, H Guo, A Kennedy, A Patel, X Gong… - ACS Macro …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Thermoset polymers with permanently cross-linked networks have outstanding mechanical
properties and solvent resistance, but they cannot be reprocessed or recycled. On the other …

Enhanced Viscosity Control in Thermosets Derived from Epoxy and Acrylate Monomers Based on Thermoreversible Aza-Michael Chemistry

S Engelen, F Van Lijsebetten, R Aksakal… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Epoxies, epoxy acrylates, and acrylic resins account for a large portion of the thermoset
market, yet their inherently highly cross-linked nature prevents them from being reprocessed …

Dual cross-linked, polymer thermosets: modular design, reversible transformation, and triggered debonding

Y Oh, J Park, JJ Park, S Jeong, H Kim - Chemistry of Materials, 2020 - ACS Publications
We demonstrated the modular synthesis of polymer thermosets exhibiting programmed
responses that arise from two predesigned functional units: a reversible cross-linker and a …

Electronically optimized diazirine-based polymer crosslinkers

SF Musolino, M Mahbod, R Nazir, L Bi, HA Graham… - Polymer …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Topical application of diazirine-based crosslinkers can upgrade the mechanical properties
of low-functionality commodity plastics by engaging in rapid C–H insertions along the …

Functionalization of polyisoprene and polystyrene via reactive processing using azidoformate grafting agents, and its application to the synthesis of dioxaborolane …

A Breuillac, F Caffy, T Vialon, R Nicolaÿ - Polymer Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Vitrimers incorporating dioxaborolane covalent links are permanent polymeric networks that
combine the processability of thermoplastics with the thermomechanical and chemical …

Remolding and deconstruction of industrial thermosets via carboxylic acid-catalyzed bifunctional silyl ether exchange

KEL Husted, CM Brown, P Shieh… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Convenient strategies for the deconstruction and reprocessing of thermosets could improve
the circularity of these materials, but most approaches developed to date do not involve …

Cleavable comonomers enable degradable, recyclable thermoset plastics

P Shieh, W Zhang, KEL Husted, SL Kristufek, B Xiong… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Thermosets—polymeric materials that adopt a permanent shape upon curing—have a key
role in the modern plastics and rubber industries, comprising about 20 per cent of polymeric …