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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/app.54699
关键词
reprocessing properties; stoichiometric ratio; thermomechanical properties; transesterification reactions; vitrimer
In this study, the stoichiometric ratio of epoxy vitrimers was adjusted to accelerate the rate of dynamic transesterification. Excess epoxy improved the tensile strength but reduced the toughness of epoxy vitrimers. Meanwhile, excess epoxy enhanced the repairability, reformability, and recyclability of the vitrimers.
Epoxy vitrimers immerged as an appealing alternative to traditional plastics. However, high loading of catalyst and harsh processing conditions are prerequisites to fully exploit the vitrimer properties. In this work, stoichiometric ratio, an often neglected factor, was utilized to further accelerate the rate of dynamic transesterification. Epoxy vitrimers with four epoxy/acid stoichiometries (60:30, 40:30, 30:30, and 24:30) were prepared to comparatively analyze their network structures, thermomechanical properties, and reprocessing properties. It was found that the off-stoichiometry epoxy vitrimers have almost the similar excellent thermal stability as epoxy thermosets. Vitrimers with excess epoxy showed increased tensile strength (from 26.3 to 42.7 MPa) and decreased elongation at the break (from 5.5% to 1.7%). Meanwhile, excess epoxy induced abundant of hydroxy groups in the vitrimers, imparting satisfactory repairability, reformability, and recyclability. Specifically, epoxy/acid (60:30) repaired 94% in 10 min at 180 & DEG;C, and maintained over 93% mechanical properties after reforming and recycling. However, simply increasing the epoxy content will compromise the structural integrity of the network, simultaneously resulting in reduced toughness of epoxy vitrimers. These findings demonstrated that epoxy/acid stoichiometry can be a powerful tool to develop epoxy vitrimers with both excellent thermomechanical and reprocessing properties. The impact of stoichiometry ratio on thermomechanical and reprocessing performance of epoxy vitrimers.image
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