Epoxy vitrimers incorporating physical crosslinks produced by self-association of alkyl chains
Facundo I. Altuna, Ulises Casado, Ignacio E. dell’Erba, Liliana E. Luna, Cristina E. Hoppe, R. J. J. Williams
Abstract
Vitrimers synthesized from epoxy-carboxylic acid-alkylamine (Cn) formulations exhibit tunable mechanical properties and stress relaxation without using external catalysts.
Topics & Concepts
EpoxyAlkylCatalysisStress relaxationRelaxation (psychology)ChemistryPolymer chemistryStress (linguistics)Materials scienceOrganic chemistryComposite materialSocial psychologyPhilosophyCreepLinguisticsPsychologyPolymer composites and self-healingAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationSynthetic Organic Chemistry Methods