Revealing the bond exchange and network rearrangement mechanism in vitrimers
can be described as a two-step process, one controlled by bond exchange and another by segmental relaxation. However, simple additive description of characteristic timescales fails to provide consistent quantitative description.
Authors
- Shinian Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5615-8646)
- Gaukhar Toleutay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0381-6665)
- Ivan I. Popov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7235-2043)
- Alexei P. Sokolov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8187-9445)
- Beibei Yao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3411-3105)
- Lilliana Rey
- Sophia K. Sabelja
Institutions
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (US)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Science Advances
- Published
- 2026-04-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aee9093
- Primary Topic
- Polymer composites and self-healing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation