One-Pot Synthesis of Depolymerizable δ-Lactone Based Vitrimers

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Veröffentlicht in:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). - 1998. - 35(2023), 29 vom: 25. Juli, Seite e2300954
1. Verfasser: Yue, Liang (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Su, Yong-Liang, Li, Mingzhe, Yu, Luxia, Montgomery, S Macrae, Sun, Xiaohao, Finn, M G, Gutekunst, Will R, Ramprasad, Rampi, Qi, H Jerry
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2023
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Schlagworte:Journal Article depolymerization lactone recyclable elastomers sustainable soft materials vitrimers
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Zusammenfassung:© 2023 Wiley-VCH GmbH.
A depolymerizable vitrimer that allows both reprocessability and monomer recovery by a simple and scalable one-pot two-step synthesis of vitrimers from cyclic lactones is reported. Biobased δ-valerolactone with alkyl substituents (δ-lactone) has low ceiling temperature; thus, their ring-opening-polymerized aliphatic polyesters are capable of depolymerizing back to monomers. In this work, the amorphous poly(δ-lactone) is solidified into an elastomer (i.e., δ-lactone vitrimer) by a vinyl ether cross-linker with dynamic acetal linkages, giving the merits of reprocessing and healing. Thermolysis of the bulk δ-lactone vitrimer at 200 °C can recover 85-90 wt% of the material, allowing reuse without losing value and achieving a successful closed-loop life cycle. It further demonstrates that the new vitrimer has excellent properties, with the potential to serve as a biobased and sustainable replacement of conventional soft elastomers for various applications such as lenses, mold materials, soft robots, and microfluidic devices
Beschreibung:Date Revised 20.07.2023
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.202300954