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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Saed, Mohand O
• Gablier, Alexandra
• Terentjev, Eugene M

Titel

Exchangeable Liquid Crystalline Elastomers and Their Applications

Ist Teil von

• Chemical reviews, 2022-03, Vol.122 (5), p.4927-4945

Ort / Verlag

United States: American Chemical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This Review presents and discusses the current state of the art in “exchangeable liquid crystalline elastomers”, that is, LCE materials utilizing dynamically cross-linked networks capable of reprocessing, reprogramming, and recycling. The focus here is on the chemistry and the specific reaction mechanisms that enable the dynamic bond exchange, of which there is a variety. We compare and contrast these different chemical mechanisms and the key properties of their resulting elastomers. In the conclusion, we discuss the most promising applications that are enabled by dynamic cross-linking and present a summary table: a library of currently available materials and their main characteristics.