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CAREER: Connecting Microscopic Rearrangements to Macroscopic Flow in Dynamic Covalent Networks

US NSF grant open #nsf-2539132

Summary

Non-Technical Summary High-performance materials ranging from composites for structural and defense capabilities to biomaterials for biotechnology and agricultural applications rely on long-chain macromolecules ‘stitched’ together into networks. The resulting polymer networks show high mechanical strength but are typically challenging to process in energy and cost-efficient ways that prevents manufacturing and use. The incorporation of chemical linkages that can rearrange on the molecular level known as ‘dynamic bonds’ presents a strategy to impart processability when bond exchange is activat

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