Structure–reactivity–property relationships in covalent adaptable networks

V Zhang, B Kang, JV Accardo… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polymer networks built out of dynamic covalent bonds offer the potential to translate the
control and tunability of chemical reactions to macroscopic physical properties. Under …

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 …

Viscoelasticity of polymers with dynamic covalent bonds: concepts and misconceptions

ML Martins, X Zhao, Z Demchuk, J Luo… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polymers with dynamic covalent bonds are an exciting class of materials with properties and
potential applications that rapidly gain significant attention from diverse scientific …

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 …

Accessing pluripotent materials through tempering of dynamic covalent polymer networks

NR Boynton, JM Dennis, ND Dolinski, CA Lindberg… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Pluripotency, which is defined as a system not fixed as to its developmental potentialities, is
typically associated with biology and stem cells. Inspired by this concept, we report synthetic …

Sulfur in dynamic covalent chemistry

AG Orrillo, RLE Furlan - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sulfur has been important in dynamic covalent chemistry (DCC) since the beginning of the
field. Mainly as part of disulfides and thioesters, dynamic sulfur‐based bonds (DSBs) have a …

Enhancing the Equilibrium of Dynamic Thia-Michael Reactions through Heterocyclic Design

AE Crolais, ND Dolinski, NR Boynton… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Although the catalyst-free dynamic thia-Michael (tM) reaction has been leveraged for a
range of significant applications in materials science and pharmaceutical development …

Effect of pH on the properties of hydrogels cross-linked via dynamic thia-michael addition bonds

TM FitzSimons, EV Anslyn, AM Rosales - ACS Polymers Au, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels cross-linked with dynamic covalent bonds exhibit time-dependent properties,
making them an advantageous platform for applications ranging from biomaterials to self …

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 …

Thia-Michael reaction: the route to promising covalent adaptable networks

D Berne, V Ladmiral, E Leclerc, S Caillol - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
While the Michael addition has been employed for more than 130 years for the synthesis of
a vast diversity of compounds, the reversibility of this reaction when heteronucleophiles are …