2 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Reaction/Diffusion Competition Drives Anomalous Relaxation of Vitrimers
Makayla R. Branham-Ferrari, Shinian Cheng, Alexei P. Sokolov +1
Since their discovery in 2011, vitrimers - covalent associative network polymers - have challenged the traditional understanding of soft matter relaxation dynamics: unlike in typic…
cond-mat.soft2025
Unexpectedly large entropic barrier controls bond rearrangements in vitrimers
Shinian Cheng, Lilliana Rey, Beibei Yao +2
Vitrimers are a relatively new class of polymeric materials containing associative covalent dynamic bonds that make them recyclable by design. However, the fundamental mechanisms c…