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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2025

Cleavable Strand-Fusing Cross-Linkers as Additives for Chemically Deconstructable Thermosets with Preserved Thermomechanical Properties.

Shuyi Zhang, Zhenchuang Xu, Keith E L Husted, David J Lundberg, Christopher M Brown, Yuyan Wang, Peyton Shieh, Kwangwook Ko, Jeffrey S Moore, Jeremiah A Johnson

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Shuyi Zhang *Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA.
Zhenchuang Xu *Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA.
Keith E L HustedDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA.
David J LundbergDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institutes of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA.
Christopher M BrownDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA.
Yuyan WangDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA.
Peyton ShiehDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA.
Kwangwook KoDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA.
Jeffrey S MooreBeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA.
Jeremiah A JohnsonDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9157-6491

Funding

Center for Regenerative Energy-Efficient Manufacturing of Thermoset Polymeric Materials (REMAT)U.S. Department of Energy
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Permanently cross-linked polymer networks-thermosets-are often difficult to chemically deconstruct. The installation of cleavable bonds into the strands of thermosets using cleavable comonomers as additives can facilitate thermoset deconstruction without replacement of permanent cross-links, but such monomers can lead to reduced thermomechanical properties and require high loadings to function effectively, motivating the design of new and optimal cleavable additives. Here, we introduce "strand-fusing cross-linkers" (SFCs), which fuse two network strands via a four-way cleavable cross-link. SFCs enable deconstruction of model polydicyclopentadiene (pDCPD) thermosets with as little as one-fifth of the molar loading needed to achieve deconstruction using traditional cleavable comonomers. SFCs function under traditional oven curing as well as low-energy frontal ring-opening metathesis polymerization (FROMP) conditions and lead to improved thermomechanical properties, for example, glass transition temperatures, compared to prior cleavable comonomer designs. This work motivates the development of increasingly improved cleavable additives to enable thermoset deconstruction without compromising material performance.

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DeconstructionRecyclingSustainabilityThermomechanical propertyThermoset

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PMID40143717
PMCPMC12051725

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