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Recyclability of Vitrimer Materials: Impact of Catalyst and Processing Conditions
[Image: see text] With sustainability at the forefront of material research, recyclable polymers, such as vitrimers, have garnered increasing attention since their introduction in 2011. In addition to a traditional glass-transition temperature (T(g)), vitrimers have a second topology freezing temper...
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American Chemical Society
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9404514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36033717 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c02677 |
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author | Hubbard, Amber M. Ren, Yixin Sarvestani, Alireza Konkolewicz, Dominik Picu, Catalin R. Roy, Ajit K. Varshney, Vikas Nepal, Dhriti |
author_facet | Hubbard, Amber M. Ren, Yixin Sarvestani, Alireza Konkolewicz, Dominik Picu, Catalin R. Roy, Ajit K. Varshney, Vikas Nepal, Dhriti |
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description | [Image: see text] With sustainability at the forefront of material research, recyclable polymers, such as vitrimers, have garnered increasing attention since their introduction in 2011. In addition to a traditional glass-transition temperature (T(g)), vitrimers have a second topology freezing temperature (T(v)) above which dynamic covalent bonds allow for rapid stress relaxation, self-healing, and shape reprogramming. Herein, we demonstrate the self-healing, shape memory, and shape reconfigurability properties as a function of experimental conditions, aiming toward recyclability and increased useful lifetime of the material. Of interest, we report the influence of processing conditions, which makes the material vulnerable to degradation. We report a decreased crosslink density with increased thermal cycling and compressive stress. Furthermore, we demonstrate that shape reconfigurability and self-healing are enhanced with increasing compressive stress and catalyst concentration, while their performance as a shape memory material remains unchanged. Though increasing the catalyst concentration, temperature, and compressive stress clearly enhances the recovery performance of vitrimers, we must emphasize its trade-off when considering the material degradation reported here. While vitrimers hold great promise as structural materials, it is vital to understand how experimental parameters impact their properties, stability, and reprocessability before vitrimers reach their true potential. |
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spelling | pubmed-94045142022-08-26 Recyclability of Vitrimer Materials: Impact of Catalyst and Processing Conditions Hubbard, Amber M. Ren, Yixin Sarvestani, Alireza Konkolewicz, Dominik Picu, Catalin R. Roy, Ajit K. Varshney, Vikas Nepal, Dhriti ACS Omega [Image: see text] With sustainability at the forefront of material research, recyclable polymers, such as vitrimers, have garnered increasing attention since their introduction in 2011. In addition to a traditional glass-transition temperature (T(g)), vitrimers have a second topology freezing temperature (T(v)) above which dynamic covalent bonds allow for rapid stress relaxation, self-healing, and shape reprogramming. Herein, we demonstrate the self-healing, shape memory, and shape reconfigurability properties as a function of experimental conditions, aiming toward recyclability and increased useful lifetime of the material. Of interest, we report the influence of processing conditions, which makes the material vulnerable to degradation. We report a decreased crosslink density with increased thermal cycling and compressive stress. Furthermore, we demonstrate that shape reconfigurability and self-healing are enhanced with increasing compressive stress and catalyst concentration, while their performance as a shape memory material remains unchanged. Though increasing the catalyst concentration, temperature, and compressive stress clearly enhances the recovery performance of vitrimers, we must emphasize its trade-off when considering the material degradation reported here. While vitrimers hold great promise as structural materials, it is vital to understand how experimental parameters impact their properties, stability, and reprocessability before vitrimers reach their true potential. American Chemical Society 2022-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9404514/ /pubmed/36033717 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c02677 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Permits non-commercial access and re-use, provided that author attribution and integrity are maintained; but does not permit creation of adaptations or other derivative works (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Hubbard, Amber M. Ren, Yixin Sarvestani, Alireza Konkolewicz, Dominik Picu, Catalin R. Roy, Ajit K. Varshney, Vikas Nepal, Dhriti Recyclability of Vitrimer Materials: Impact of Catalyst and Processing Conditions |
title | Recyclability of Vitrimer Materials: Impact of Catalyst
and Processing Conditions |
title_full | Recyclability of Vitrimer Materials: Impact of Catalyst
and Processing Conditions |
title_fullStr | Recyclability of Vitrimer Materials: Impact of Catalyst
and Processing Conditions |
title_full_unstemmed | Recyclability of Vitrimer Materials: Impact of Catalyst
and Processing Conditions |
title_short | Recyclability of Vitrimer Materials: Impact of Catalyst
and Processing Conditions |
title_sort | recyclability of vitrimer materials: impact of catalyst
and processing conditions |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9404514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36033717 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c02677 |
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