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ArticleNature communications2025

Frontal polymerization of thermosets to enable vacuum-formed structural electronics.

Hayden E Fowler, Mychal S Taylor, Chi Phuong H Nguyen, David A Boese, Esteban Baca, Andrew J Greenlee, Georgia E Kaufman, Michael A Gallegos, Emily F Huntley, Leah N Appelhans and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Molecular Weight Control in Frontal Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Hayden E FowlerSandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Mychal S TaylorSandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Chi Phuong H NguyenSandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
David A BoeseSandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Esteban BacaSandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Andrew J GreenleeSandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Georgia E KaufmanSandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Michael A GallegosSandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Emily F HuntleySandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Leah N AppelhansSandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2135-9173
Bryan KaehrSandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA. bjkaehr@sandia.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9227-7060
Samuel C LeguizamonSandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA. sleguiz@sandia.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3395-6562

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Material design and accessible manufacturing are often at odds with each other, calling for creative solutions to adapt high-performance materials to available processes. This challenge is represented well by in-mold electronics, an innovative approach to the manufacture of 3D circuitry and electronic components that offers game-changing advantages. In-mold electronics relies on vacuum forming processes, which are historically limited to thermoplastics. Extending these methods to include thermosets would enable manufacturing of robust components with desirable properties. Here, we provide a solution to make thermoset materials amenable to vacuum forming. Specifically, an ambient polymerization is used to transition a liquid monomeric solution to an elastomeric gel. These free-standing gels can then be vacuum formed, and the reaction can be completed via frontal polymerization. Thermoset materials produced with this method have properties that provide benefits over traditionally employed thermoplastic substrates and enable 3D device integration into environmentally demanding architectural, automotive, and extraterrestrial structures.

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