Issue 50, 2022

Self-healable fiber-reinforced vitrimer composites: overview and future prospects

Abstract

To achieve sustainable development goals, approaches towards the preparation of recyclable and healable polymeric materials is highly attractive. Self-healing polymers and thermosets based on bond-exchangeable dynamic covalent bonds, so called “vitrimers” could be a great effort in this direction. In order to match the industrial importance, enhancement of mechanical strength without sacrificing the bond exchange capability is a challenging issue, however, such concerns can be overcome through the developments of fiber-reinforced vitrimer composites. This article covers the outstanding features of fiber-reinforced vitrimer composites, including their reprocessing, recycling and self-healing properties, together with practical applications and future perspectives of this unique class of materials.

Graphical abstract: Self-healable fiber-reinforced vitrimer composites: overview and future prospects

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
15 ágú. 2022
Accepted
02 nóv. 2022
First published
14 nóv. 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2022,12, 32569-32582

Self-healable fiber-reinforced vitrimer composites: overview and future prospects

H. Sharma, S. Rana, P. Singh, M. Hayashi, W. H. Binder, E. Rossegger, A. Kumar and S. Schlögl, RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 32569 DOI: 10.1039/D2RA05103F

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