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A biomass approach to mendable bio-elastomers

  • Liang Yuan
  • , Zhongkai Wang
  • , Mitra S. Ganewatta
  • , Md Anisur Rahman
  • , Meghan E. Lamm
  • , Chuanbing Tang

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Abstract

Sustainable bioelastomers with high elastic recovery, high resilience and mendability are conceptualized with low chain-entanglement polymers that are predominantly originated from renewable biomass. Polymers with plant oil-derived fatty groups at the side chain were installed with furan, which allowed Diels-Alder addition to introduce dynamic covalent crosslinking. These elastomers are mendable via retro Diels-Alder. Reprocessing of these polymers led to the formation of elastomers with preservation of excellent resilience and elastic recovery.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1306-1313
Number of pages8
JournalSoft Matter
Volume13
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017

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