Exchangeable Liquid Crystalline Elastomers and Their Applications
Open Access
- 17 February 2021
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Chemical Reviews
- Vol. 122 (5), 4927-4945
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01057
Abstract
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.Keywords
Funding Information
- H2020 European Research Council (786659)
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