Intrinsically self-healing polymers: from mechanistic insight to current challenges
Self-healing materials open new prospects for more sustainable technologies with improved
material performance and devices' longevity. We present an overview of the recent …
material performance and devices' longevity. We present an overview of the recent …
Dynamic siloxane materials: From molecular engineering to emerging applications
The exceptional physicochemical and mechanical properties have enabled siloxane-based
materials a wide range of applications in daily life and industry. With the rapid progress of …
materials a wide range of applications in daily life and industry. With the rapid progress of …
Polymers with dynamic bonds: adaptive functional materials for a sustainable future
Polymeric materials play critical role in many current technologies. Among them, adaptive
polymeric materials with dynamic (reversible) bonds exhibit unique properties and provide …
polymeric materials with dynamic (reversible) bonds exhibit unique properties and provide …
Unravelling the mechanism of viscoelasticity in polymers with phase-separated dynamic bonds
Incorporation of dynamic (reversible) bonds within polymer structure enables properties
such as self-healing, shape transformation, and recyclability. These dynamic bonds …
such as self-healing, shape transformation, and recyclability. These dynamic bonds …
Interfacial interactions, crystallization and molecular mobility in nanocomposites of Poly (lactic acid) filled with new hybrid inclusions based on graphene oxide and …
Polymer composites based on poly (lactic acid)(PLA) and three fillers, graphene oxide (GO),
silica nanoparticles, and a nanohybrid consisting of silica doped GO, were prepared and …
silica nanoparticles, and a nanohybrid consisting of silica doped GO, were prepared and …
Fragile glass formation and non-Arrhenius upturns in ethylene vitrimers revealed by dielectric spectroscopy
Vitrimers, dynamic networks with bonds that exchange without breaking, are an emerging
class of reprocessable and recyclable polymers. The dynamics in such materials are …
class of reprocessable and recyclable polymers. The dynamics in such materials are …
Influence of molecular architecture on the viscoelastic properties of polymers with phase-separated dynamic bonds
Polymers with dynamic bonds attract significant attention due to their many unique
properties, such as self-healing and recycling. However, understanding microscopic …
properties, such as self-healing and recycling. However, understanding microscopic …
Elastic single-ion conducting polymer electrolytes: toward a versatile approach for intrinsically stretchable functional polymers
Fabrication of stretchable functional polymeric materials usually relies on the physical
adhesion between functional components and elastic polymers, while the interfacial …
adhesion between functional components and elastic polymers, while the interfacial …
Viscoelasticity in associating oligomers and polymers: experimental test of the bond lifetime renormalization model
Recent findings that the association bond lifetimes τα* in associating polymers diverge from
their supramolecular network relaxation times τc challenge past theories. The bond lifetime …
their supramolecular network relaxation times τc challenge past theories. The bond lifetime …
Critical role of the interfacial layer in associating polymers with microphase separation
Polymers with dynamic (transient) bonds, often called associating polymers, have been
attracting significant attention in recent years due to their unique viscoelastic properties, self …
attracting significant attention in recent years due to their unique viscoelastic properties, self …