Enhanced Mechanical Recycling of Polymer Mixtures by a Trifunctional Dynamic Crosslinker

Advanced Materials 2026 Open access

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Authors: Xavier Westworth, Essa Shamsan, Yunpeng Gao, Nevaya Carr, Eugene Y.‐X. Chen
DOI: 10.1002/adma.74752
Cited by: 1
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Abstract

ABSTRACT Mechanical recycling of mixed post‐consumer apolar/polar polymers, due to their mis‐matched polarity and inherent immiscibility, is typically a downcycling process yielding brittle materials. An emerging method that can enhance recycling of such mixtures into dynamically crosslinked, high‐performance thermosets is a dynamic crosslinker (DC) platform; however, current DCs typically require an external catalyst and, due to their insufficiently high peak activation temperature ( T a

Fields of Study & Subjects

Polymer crystallization and properties Fiber-reinforced polymer composites Polymer composites and self-healing

Publication details

Journal / source
Advanced Materials
Publisher
Wiley
Volume
38
Issue
58
Pages
e74752–e74752
Publication date
22 August 2026
Language
EN