A highly dynamic covalent polymer network without creep: mission impossible?

F Van Lijsebetten, T Debsharma… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Dynamic covalent polymer networks provide an interesting solution to the challenging
recyclability of thermosets and elastomers. One of the remaining design constraints …

X‐yne click polymerization

X Fu, A Qin, BZ Tang - Aggregate, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Alkyne‐based click polymerizations have been nurtured into a powerful synthetic technique
for the preparation of new polymers with advanced structures and versatile properties …

Epoxy adhesives with reversible hardeners: controllable thermal debonding in bulk and at interfaces

F Van Lijsebetten, T Maiheu, JM Winne… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
On‐demand adhesive dismantling has the potential to improve multimaterial product
recycling, but its implementation has been hampered by a critical trade‐off between strong …

Thermally latent bases in dynamic covalent polymer networks and their emerging applications

D Reisinger, MU Kriehuber, M Bender… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A novel strategy allowing temporal control of dynamic bond exchange in covalently
crosslinked polymer networks via latent transesterification catalysts is introduced. Obtained …

Closed‐Loop Recycling of Vinylogous Urethane Vitrimers

Y Ma, X Jiang, Z Shi, JA Berrocal… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Devising energy‐efficient strategies for the depolymerization of plastics and the recovery of
their structural components in high yield and purity is key to a circular plastics economy …

Characterising different molecular landscapes in dynamic covalent networks

F Van Lijsebetten, K De Bruycker… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Dynamic covalent networks present a unique opportunity to exert molecular-level control on
macroscopic material properties, by linking their thermal behaviour to the thermodynamics …

Blocked Phosphates as Photolatent Catalysts for Dynamic Photopolymer Networks

C Dertnig, G Guedes de la Cruz… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
While latent catalysts are a well‐established strategy for initiating and controlling the rate of
polymerization reactions, their use in dynamic polymer networks is still in its infancy. The …

N-Sulfonyl Urethanes to Design Polyurethane Networks with Temperature-Controlled Dynamicity

S Maes, F Van Lijsebetten, JM Winne… - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
(Re) processing of cross-linked polyurethanes (PUs) is often energy intensive and inefficient
since dissociation of urethane linkages at elevated temperatures generates highly reactive …

Covalent Adaptable Networks Made by Reactive Processing of Highly Entangled Polymer: Synthesis-Structure-Thermomechanical Property-Reprocessing …

LM Fenimore, MJ Suazo, JM Torkelson - Macromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
Reactive processing provides a simple approach for grafting dynamic covalent cross-linkers
onto linear or branched polymers, resulting in covalent adaptable networks (CANs). We …

From Lignins to Renewable Aromatic Vitrimers based on Vinylogous Urethane

L Sougrati, A Duval, L Avérous - ChemSusChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
During the two last decades, covalent adaptable networks (CANs) have proven to be an
important new class of polymer materials combining the main advantages of thermoplastics …