Biobased Reprocessable Polyhydroxyurethane Networks: Full Recovery of Crosslink Density with Three Concurrent Dynamic Chemistries

• Published in: ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering Vol. 7; no. 11; pp. 10025 - 10034
• Main Authors: Hu, Sumeng, Chen, Xi, Torkelson, John M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 03.06.2019
• Subjects: Nonisocyanate polyurethane; Renewable materials; Dynamic polymer networks; Reprocessability; Sustainability

Despite significant past efforts to exploit green, renewable precursors in polymeric materials and to improve the recyclability and reprocessability of nonisocyanate polyurethane (NIPU) networks, no single study has previously investigated biobased polyhydroxyurethane (PHU) network reprocessability....