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Isogai T, Hayashi M. Seamless, Self-Transformation of Thermoplastic Polyesters into Vitrimers Through Bond Exchange-Triggered Cross-Linking. Macromol Rapid Commun 2024; 45:e2400125. [PMID: 38514097 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202400125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2024] [Revised: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
Abstract
In this study, a seamless, self-transformation system of linear thermoplastic polyesters into the sustainable cross-linked polymers, vitrimers, is demonstrated. The key is the use of polyesters bearing abundant hydroxyl side groups, which are synthesized via the reaction using dithiol molecules bearing ester units and diepoxy molecules. The polymerization reaction progresses efficiently at relatively low temperature due to the click nature of the thiol-epoxy reaction, which provides the hydroxyl side groups along the polyester chain. The tin catalyst (stannous octoate) is added in the initial polymerization, and the catalyst also works to cross-link the polyesters via intermolecular transesterification bond exchange simply by heating at high temperatures. By adjusting the degrees of cross-linking, the mechanical properties as well as the thermal properties are well tuned. The bond exchange can still be activated in the final cross-linked sample; and thus, the material behaves as vitrimers, exhibiting mechanical recyclability. The application of a new type of hot melt adhesive, where the post-coating tuning/enhancement of adhesion strength is realized, is also demonstrated. On the whole, the present system is very simple but proposes a new application window of bond exchange concept into self-transformation polymers.
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Affiliation(s)
- Taketo Isogai
- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho Showa-ku Nagoya-city, Aichi, 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho Showa-ku Nagoya-city, Aichi, 466-8555, Japan
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Kito T, Hayashi M. Trapping bond exchange phenomenon revealed for off-stoichiometry cross-linking of phase-separated vitrimer-like materials. SOFT MATTER 2024; 20:2961-2968. [PMID: 38469887 DOI: 10.1039/d4sm00074a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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Vitrimer materials combined with nano-phase separated structures have attracted attention, expanding the tuning range of physical properties, such as flow and creep properties. We recently demonstrated a preparation of vitrimer-like materials with phase-separated nanodomains in which dissociative bond exchange via trans-N-alkylation of quaternized pyridine was operated. In this study, we demonstrate a new finding about the bond exchange mechanism: that is, the trapping bond exchange phenomenon. The component polymer is a poly(acrylate) containing pyridine side groups randomly along the chain, which is cross-linked by diiodo molecules via pyridine-iodo quaternization, where the quaternized pyridines are aggregated to form nano-size domains. When the cross-linking reaction is performed at an off-stoichiometric pyridine : iodo ratio (i.e., an excess of pyridine groups), free pyridine groups are located in the matrix phase. Since the bond exchange in the present system progresses in an inter-domain manner, the dissociated unit bearing pendant iodo is trapped by the free pyridine groups in the matrix, which generates other small aggregates. This trapping phenomenon greatly affects the relaxation and creep properties, which are very different from those found in conventional knowledge about vitrimer physics.
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Affiliation(s)
- Takumi Kito
- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho Showa-ku, Nagoya-city, Aichi, 466-8555, Japan.
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho Showa-ku, Nagoya-city, Aichi, 466-8555, Japan.
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8, Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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Zhao J, Bobylev EO, Lundberg DJ, Oldenhuis NJ, Wang H, Kevlishvili I, Craig SL, Kulik HJ, Li X, Johnson JA. Polymer Networks with Cubic, Mixed Pd(II) and Pt(II) M 6L 12 Metal-Organic Cage Junctions: Synthesis and Stress Relaxation Behavior. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:21879-21885. [PMID: 37774389 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c06029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/01/2023]
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Metal-organic cages/polyhedra (MOCs) are versatile building blocks for advanced polymer networks with properties that synergistically blend those of traditional polymers and crystalline frameworks. Nevertheless, constructing polyMOCs from very stable Pt(II)-based MOCs or mixtures of metal ions such as Pd(II) and Pt(II) has not, to our knowledge, been demonstrated, nor has exploration of how the dynamics of metal-ligand exchange at the MOC level may impact bulk polyMOC energy dissipation. Here, we introduce a new class of polymer metal-organic cage (polyMOC) gels featuring polyethylene glycol (PEG) strands of varied length cross-linked through bis-pyridyl-carbazole-based M6L12 cubes, where M is Pd(II), Pt(II), or mixtures thereof. We show that, while polyMOCs with varied Pd(II) content have similar network structures, their average stress-relaxation rates are tunable over 3 orders of magnitude due to differences in Pd(II)- and Pt(II)-ligand exchange rates at the M6L12 junction level. Moreover, mixed-metal polyMOCs display relaxation times indicative of intrajunction cooperative interactions, which stands in contrast to previous materials based on point metal junctions. Altogether, this work (1) introduces a novel MOC architecture for polyMOC design, (2) shows that polyMOCs can be prepared from mixtures of Pd(II)/Pt(II), and (3) demonstrates that polyMOCs display unique relaxation behavior due to their multivalent junctions, offering a strategy for controlling polyMOC properties independently of their polymer components.
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- Julia Zhao
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060, China
- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060, China
- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Houck H, McConnell KA, Klingler CJ, Koenig AL, Himka GK, Larsen MB. Postpolymerization Modification by Nucleophilic Addition to Styrenic Carbodiimides. ACS Macro Lett 2023; 12:1112-1117. [PMID: 37485980 PMCID: PMC10433525 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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Carbodiimides are electrophilic functional groups that react with select nucleophiles under mild conditions. However, their potential as platforms for postpolymerization modification has been relatively underexplored. We describe the synthesis and radical polymerization of a styrenic carbodiimide which undergoes rapid nucleophilic addition with primary and secondary alkyl amines under ambient conditions, even in the presence of other protic nucleophiles. The monomer is amenable to both free and controlled radical (co)polymerization, and we further demonstrate the utility of this approach by preparing covalent adaptable networks through guanylation of the styrenic carbodiimide with difunctional amines. These materials exhibit a variation in relaxation times according to both the guanidine structure and concentration, providing a facile means for tuning dynamic behavior.
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- Department of Chemistry, Western
Washington University, Bellingham, Washington 98225, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Western
Washington University, Bellingham, Washington 98225, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Western
Washington University, Bellingham, Washington 98225, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Western
Washington University, Bellingham, Washington 98225, United States
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Xu H, Wang H, Zhang Y, Wu J. Vinylogous Urethane Based Epoxy Vitrimers with Closed-Loop and Multiple Recycling Routes. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c03393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Hu Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan610065, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan610065, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan610065, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan610065, China
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