A healable, recyclable and thermochromic epoxy resin for thermally responsive smart windows
Qisheng Huang, Pei‐Chen Zhao, Jian‐Cheng Lai, Xiao-Peng Zhang, Cheng‐Hui Li
Abstract
An epoxy resin modified by coordination between Ni 2+ and imidazole/hydroxyl groups show high mechanical strength and thermal healing/recycling/reprocessing/thermochromic behavior, and might be useful in the field of thermally-responsive smart windows.
Topics & Concepts
ThermochromismEpoxyImidazoleMaterials scienceSmart materialComposite materialPolymer chemistryChemical engineeringChemistryOrganic chemistryEngineeringPolymer composites and self-healingTransition Metal Oxide NanomaterialsPhotochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry