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  • Materials Science
  • Polymer Chemistry

Background:

  • Vitrimers are sustainable covalent adaptable networks (CANs) known for recyclability.
  • A key limitation of vitrimers is susceptibility to creep under sustained stress due to dynamic bond exchange.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel materials design strategy for enhancing the creep resistance of vitrimers.
  • To investigate the integration of polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) for creating hierarchical dual-crosslinked vitrimer systems.

Main Methods:

  • Incorporation of core-crosslinked nanoparticles within vitrimer networks using PISA.
  • Characterization of the hierarchical structure and rheological properties of the resulting dual-crosslinked materials.
  • Evaluation of creep susceptibility and reprocessability at elevated temperatures.

Main Results:

  • The hierarchical dual-crosslinked vitrimers exhibited up to a 90% reduction in creep susceptibility at 150 °C.
  • The materials retained good reprocessability at elevated temperatures, with a characteristic activation energy (Ea) of 246 kJ mol⁻¹.
  • Tunable spherical nanostructures derived from PISA acted as effective rheological modifiers, restricting chain mobility.

Conclusions:

  • This study presents a new paradigm for designing creep-resistant CANs by embedding nanoparticles within vitrimer networks.
  • Leveraging PISA allows for precise architectural control, enabling the structural encoding of mechanical robustness and reprocessability in vitrimers.
  • The developed approach significantly advances vitrimer performance for sustainable and durable material applications.