Randomized trial demonstrates improved thermal stability and dynamicity in covalent adaptable networks, suggesting a path towards sustainable materials.
Key Points
The aim is to investigate methods for balancing dynamicity and thermal stability in covalent adaptable networks (CANs).
Incorporated switchable and latent catalysts for tuning dynamicity.
Utilized a 'quenching-activating' catalytic strategy for reversible dynamicity adjustment.
Explored catalyst activity regulation through stimuli-responsive mechanisms.
Switchable catalysts achieved reversible tuning of dynamicity based on external stimuli.
Latent catalysts enabled a one-way transformation from thermosets to dynamic networks.
The quenching-activating strategy allowed for rapid, on-demand transitions between CANs and thermosets.