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Heat‐ or Water‐Driven Malleability in a Highly Recyclable Covalent Network Polymer
Author(s) -
Taynton Philip,
Yu Kai,
Shoemaker Richard K.,
Jin Yinghua,
Qi H. Jerry,
Zhang Wei
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201400317
Subject(s) - materials science , polymer , imine , covalent bond , malleability , catalysis , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , composite material , computer science , encryption , chemistry , ciphertext , engineering , operating system
A catalyst‐free malleable network polymer that can be reprocessed by application of either water or heat is prepared through imine chemistry. This material is recycled from a fine powder to a coherent solid with >100% recycling efficiency through several generations. It is also reprocessed at ambient temperature using only water, thus potentially leading to energy‐neutral green processing of the material.