Sugarcane Bagasse-Derived Activated Carbon- (AC-) Epoxy Vitrimer Biocomposite: Thermomechanical and Self-Healing Performance

Autor: Sravendra Rana, Vijay Parthasarthy, Shailey Singhal, Velidi V. S. S. Gurunadh, Debajyoti Bose, Manjeet Singh, Liberata Guadagno, Sabu Thomas, Balaji Krishnakumar, Poornima Vijayan P, R. V. Siva Prasanna Sanka
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: International Journal of Polymer Science, Vol 2021 (2021)
ISSN: 1687-9430
1687-9422
Popis: Vitrimeric materials have emerged as fascinating and sustainable materials owing to their malleability, reprocessability, and recyclability. Sustainable vitrimeric materials can be prepared by reinforcing polymeric matrix with bioderived fillers. In the current work, a sustainable vitrimer is prepared by incorporating biomass-derived activated carbon (AC) filler into the epoxy matrix to achieve enhanced thermal and mechanical properties. Thus, prepared biocomposite vitrimers demonstrate a lower-temperature self-healing (70°C for 5 min) via disulfide exchanges, compared to the pristine epoxy vitrimers (80°C for 5 min). Significantly, the self-healing performances have been studied extensively with the flexural studies; and changes in material healing efficiency have been demonstrated based on the observed changes in modulus.
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