Toward mechanically robust self-healing polyurethanes using dynamics chemistry

YL Luo, WT Gao, ZY Luo, CH Li - Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Polyurethanes (PUs) are some of the most potential self-healing materials due to their
diversity of soft and hard segment designs. Achieving material self-healing requires high …

Photodegradable Dynamic Polyurethane Networks via Dithioacetals

C Hu, Y Jin, W Tian, K Yan, J Wang, L Yuan - Macromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
Cross-linked polymer networks fabricated with renewable resources are being actively
sought for tackling the resource crisis. Meanwhile, dynamic networks with cleavable groups …

Strategic design of degradable polyurethanes: Site-specific depolymerization, film-forming behavior, and reprocessability

SH Jung, S Choi, J Park, SY Jeong, TI Kang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper reports on the rational design of linear sustainable polyurethanes with on-
demand depolymerization capabilities and film-forming properties. In this molecular …

A Molecular Engineering Approach to Achieve Wavelength-Selective Photorelease Using a Dynamic Photocage

S Ray, S Roy, S Biswas, M Ojha, NDP Singh - Organic Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
We introduce a molecular engineering strategy for wavelength-selective photorelease of
alcohols and carboxylic acids, employing a dynamic photocage featuring an (E)-3-(6-acetyl …

Red light activatable photobase generator for rapid thiol-nucleophilic polymerization

WL Koay, E Ye, CLK Lee, XJ Loh, Y Lu… - Materials Today …, 2024 - Elsevier
Photobase generators (PBGs) are molecules capable of releasing reactive bases when
exposed to a photonic field. These compounds have been increasingly used as photolatent …

Cyclic-acyclic monomers metathesis polymerization to access photodegradable polydicyclopentadiene and polyethylene-like materials

W Li, D Liao, Y Li, G Si, C Chen - Science China Chemistry, 2024 - Springer
The development of degradable and recyclable polymers is an attractive strategy to tackle
the post-consumption pollution issue of commercial plastics. Cyclic-acyclic monomers …