Vitrimer-like acrylic glass with fast stress relaxation by high-speed carboxy exchange reaction

2025/10/22 by Yasuhiro Kohsaka, Miu Mizuma, Mikihiro Hayashi · 1 voice
Engineering · Materials Science · #Advanced Theoretical and Applied Studies in Material Sciences and Geometry #Liquid Crystal Research Advancements #Material Science and Thermodynamics

paper · pdf · doi:10.1039/d5lp00241a

openalex publication_date 2025/10/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/04

Abstract

Vitrimer-like acrylic glass cross-linked via 2-(acyloxymethyl)acrylate moieties was synthesized, which exhibited rapid stress relaxation with a relaxation time of 5 s at 140 °C owing to fast carboxy exchange via a conjugate substitution reaction.

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