Entropy-driven thermo-gelling vitrimer

• Main Authors: Xia, Xiuyang, Rao, Peilin, Yang, Juan, Ciamarra, Massimo Pica, Ni, Ran
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Chemistry; Vitrimer; Entropy-Driven Crosslinking
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163721
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Thermo-gelling polymers have been envisioned as promising smart biomaterials but limited by their weak mechanical and thermodynamic stabilities. Here, we propose a new thermo-gelling vitrimer, which remains at a liquid state because of the addition of protector molecules preventing the crosslinking,...