Self-Healing Efficiency 94.7%
This tung oil-derived vitrimer achieves rapid self-healing via dynamic transesterification without any catalyst, repairing damage in 10 minutes, while also offering alkali degradability, shape memory, and reprocessability as a high-performance sustainable alternative to conventional thermosets.
Lei, Chen · Zekun, Li · Ma, Yufeng · Shang, Qianqian · Hu, Yun · Qin, Huang · Zhang, Meng · Jia, Puyou · Zhou, Yonghong
ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2023
Completely hydrolyzed to small molecules in alkaline solutions
PETV/MWCNT composites show rapid self-healing under electrical, infrared, and heating conditions