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Depolymerizable Olefinic Polymers Based on Fused-Ring Cyclooctene Monomers
Published on: December 16, 2022
Ultra-strong, transparent amorphous polymers rapidly fabricated via methyl-β-cyclodextrin-functionalized eutectic
Ren'ai Li1, Chengyue Liu2, Yuchen Cao1
1College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab of Sustainable Pulp and Paper Technology and Biomass Materials, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, P. R. China. lirenai@njfu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
An ultra-strong (∼400 MPa) and highly transparent (>90%) amorphous polymer is reported, fabricated via rapid photopolymerization. The in situ functionalization of methyl-β-cyclodextrin into a nano-crosslinker was enabled by a eutectic systerm, creating a percolating nanostructured hard-phase network responsible for the exceptional mechanical properties.
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