Ductile thermoset polymers via controlling network flexibility
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journal contribution
posted on 2024-06-06, 09:24authored byN Hameed, NV Salim, Tiffany WalshTiffany Walsh, JS Wiggins, PM Ajayan, BL Fox
We report the design and synthesis of a polymer structure from a cross-linkable epoxy-ionic liquid system which behaves like a hard and brittle epoxy thermoset, perfectly ductile thermoplastic and an elastomer, all depending on controllable network compositions.