#Vitrimers
Congratulations @matildeconcilio.bsky.social, Greg, Fer, and Steven! 🥳

Check out our latest paper on “Precise Carboxylic Acid-Functionalized Polyesters in Reprocessable Vitrimers” now out in JACS! ♻️👇
Thrilled to share this work on precise COOH-functionalized polyesters in reprocessable vitrimers, now online in JACS! This research highlights the role of catalysts in vitrimer chemistry and how tailored catalyst mixtures can control vitrimer properties and bond exchange pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Precise Carboxylic Acid-Functionalized Polyesters in Reprocessable Vitrimers
Thermosets are valued for their exceptional dimensional stability, mechanical properties, and resistance to creep and chemicals. Their permanent molecular structures limit reshaping, reprocessing, and recycling. Incorporating exchangeable chemical bonds into cross-linked polymer networks provides materials with thermoset-like properties that are also reprocessable. Here, ring-opening copolymerization (ROCOP) of unpurified, commercially available epoxides and succinic anhydride is employed to synthesize well-defined, low molecular weight polyesters with controlled functionalization. Polymer networks are then formed through the catalyzed reaction of these copolymers with the epoxy-containing cross-linker diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A. Catalyst mixtures of zinc bis(2-ethylhexanoate) and 1,8-diazabicyclo(5.4.0)undec-7-ene are used to assess the role of the catalysts in the curing and dynamic bond exchange reactions. Varying the catalyst ratios results in polymer networks with tunable mechanical properties (90% < εb < 450%, 0.30 MPa < UTS < 24 MPa), high creep recovery (%recovery > 90% after five creep cycles), and good reprocessability.
pubs.acs.org
February 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Congratulation to the new Dr Sjoerd. master of vitrimers and mechanics. Love the meme on Protocell seminars. #eufunded #vitrimer 🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱
May 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Allo! Time for a new #introduction.
I’m a latino and doctor of chemical engineering. I study polymer mechanochemistry and bottlebrushes, and want to get a bit into exploring vitrimers and the catalysis involved. I *love* synthesis. I have more hobbies than any person should.
March 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
New paper @c3m-espci.bsky.social in Chemistry of Materials! Dioxazaborocanes functional groups were explored for the formation of vitrimers networks, resulting in faster relaxation dynamics and more processable materials.
Congrats to all the authors!
Exploiting Dioxazaborocane Chemistry for Preparing Elastomeric Vitrimers with Enhanced Processability and Mechanical Properties
Boronic ester-based vitrimers have garnered significant attention in the polymer science community owing to their chemical stability, ease of synthesis, and recyclability. However, like most vitrimers...
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February 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Also featuring a review on controlled synthesis of poly(vinyl ether)s, recyclable vitrimers, a contribution to the 2025 Pioneering Investigators, and polymer carbon nitride for H2 evolution. #polymers #chemsky #vitrimers #H2evolution
Issue 39 of Polymer Chemistry is now available to read, featuring cover artwork by Tadashi Naito, Ryohei Ogawa and Yusuke Mizobuchi.

See their work on designing degradable polyethylene copolymers through selective ethylene–butadiene copolymerization

🧪 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
October 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Thrilled to share this work on precise COOH-functionalized polyesters in reprocessable vitrimers, now online in JACS! This research highlights the role of catalysts in vitrimer chemistry and how tailored catalyst mixtures can control vitrimer properties and bond exchange pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Precise Carboxylic Acid-Functionalized Polyesters in Reprocessable Vitrimers
Thermosets are valued for their exceptional dimensional stability, mechanical properties, and resistance to creep and chemicals. Their permanent molecular structures limit reshaping, reprocessing, and recycling. Incorporating exchangeable chemical bonds into cross-linked polymer networks provides materials with thermoset-like properties that are also reprocessable. Here, ring-opening copolymerization (ROCOP) of unpurified, commercially available epoxides and succinic anhydride is employed to synthesize well-defined, low molecular weight polyesters with controlled functionalization. Polymer networks are then formed through the catalyzed reaction of these copolymers with the epoxy-containing cross-linker diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A. Catalyst mixtures of zinc bis(2-ethylhexanoate) and 1,8-diazabicyclo(5.4.0)undec-7-ene are used to assess the role of the catalysts in the curing and dynamic bond exchange reactions. Varying the catalyst ratios results in polymer networks with tunable mechanical properties (90% < εb < 450%, 0.30 MPa < UTS < 24 MPa), high creep recovery (%recovery > 90% after five creep cycles), and good reprocessability.
pubs.acs.org
February 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Had a fantastic time presenting my work on polyester-based reprocessable vitrimers ♻️ at #SCHEMASpring25 on Tuesday! I’m very grateful for the opportunity!
You can read all about it here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
March 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
A soap opera out in Macromol from @c3m-espci.bsky.social!
Diego and Ianis explored the unexpected interactions of metal-carboxylate complexes in epoxy-acid vitrimers and showed how a simple step addition avoid the formation of such precipitates. Read more ⬇️
The Soap Opera of Metal Catalysis in Epoxy-Acid Vitrimers
Precipitation of bivalent metal carboxylates is a well-known issue in detergency, resulting in decreased efficiency and unwanted accumulation of lime soap on laundry. We demonstrate that the same phen...
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February 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM
From molecular dynamics (MD) to a variational autoencoder (VAE), Zheng et al. present a robust approach for designing vitrimers with targeted glass transition temperature (Tg). They validated a newly synthesized polymer (311–317 K) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
AI‐Guided Inverse Design and Discovery of Recyclable Vitrimeric Polymers
This study presents a molecular dynamics (MD) - machine learning (ML) framework for inverse design of vitrimers with targeted glass transition temperature (Tg). A variational autoencoder model with d....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 26, 2024 at 9:16 AM
Very interesting work from Ralm Ricarte on vitrimers demonstrating that the dynamics can be tuned by nucleophilicity in model vitrimer system has been recently published in @pubs.acs.org ACS Applied Polymer Materials.

doi.org/10.1021/acsa...
Interplay between Cross-Linker Nucleophilicity and Diffusion in Polystyrene Vitrimer Dynamics
Over the past decade, imine chemistry has emerged as a critical tool in the design of vitrimers – polymer networks featuring dynamic associative cross-links. Imine-based vitrimers offer significant ut...
doi.org
February 22, 2026 at 3:02 PM
December 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
A new fantastic multifunctional and plant-based polymer offers an alternative to petroleum-based plastics. This type of plastic has remarkable qualities: self-healing, shape memory, antimicrobial properties, and 3D printing suitability. It needs no toxic catalysts to harden, only light.
Antimicrobial Vitrimers Synthesized from Dipentaerythritol Pentaacrylate and 2-Hydroxy-3-phenoxypropyl Acrylate for LCD 3D Printing
In this study, two monomers, dipentaerythritol pentaacrylate and 2-hydroxy-3-phenoxypropyl acrylate, were used to synthesize antimicrobial vitrimers with and without a transesterification catalyst and investigate their properties. The addition of the comonomer 2-hydroxy-3-phenoxypropyl acrylate to the photocurable resin reduced its viscosity and shrinkage but increased the gel point and reduced the brittleness and increased flexibility of the resulting polymers. All vitrimers exhibited self-welding and reprocessability properties and thermoresponsive shape memory, maintaining two permanent shapes. All vitrimers showed high antimicrobial activity against widely spread bacteria and fungal strains, including medically important ones. The resin, composed of dipentaerythritol pentaacrylate (1 mol) and 2-hydroxy-3-phenoxypropyl acrylate (10 mol), was applied to LCD 3D printing technology, and the Y-shaped connector was printed. In addition, the antimicrobial activity makes these vitrimers particularly important for use in areas with high microbial concentrations, such as medical facilities.
pubs.acs.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Chemistry Seminar: Rinaldo Poli
Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, France

Vitrimers with inorganic crosslinks: a new playground for coordinationchemistry

Host: Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

Friday, March 14, 2025
12:30 p.m.

Mellon Institute Conference Room 348
March 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Oooooo this is excellent, yay vitrimers!
February 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This week's Chemical Science Pick of the Week is "Iminoboronate Chemistry Enables Multifunctional and Reprocessable Polyphenol-derived Vitrimers" by Junfei Hu, Zhipeng Gu, and Yiwen Li et al. from Sichuan University.

Read the paper here for free: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...

#ChemSciPicks
September 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“Thermoswitchable catalysis to inhibit and promote plastic flow in vitrimers” from Johan Winne and Filip Du Prez et al. doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
May 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
zurl.co/H0XEP ReaxFF + bond boost in AMS2024 were used to model vitrimer behavior, capturing key bond-exchange dynamics. Results match experiments and offer molecular insight into viscoelasticity. Great work!
#CompChemSky #MatSky
Accelerated ReaxFF Simulations of Vitrimers with Dynamic Covalent Adaptive Networks - SCM
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May 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
By combining clever network chemistry with a time-sensitive probing technique, they shed light on how a vitrimer’s molecular bonds govern its macroscopic properties.

Unlocking the secrets of recyclable vitrimers
Vitrimers can be reshaped, repaired, welded, or even recycled—something traditional thermosets cannot do. But how?
mappingignorance.org
September 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
By combining clever network chemistry with a time-sensitive probing technique, they shed light on how a vitrimer’s molecular bonds govern its macroscopic properties.

Unlocking the secrets of recyclable vitrimers
Vitrimers can be reshaped, repaired, welded, or even recycled—something traditional thermosets cannot do. But how?
mappingignorance.org
September 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM
🍃At #SUSMATx2026 in Madrid, Dr Alaitz Rekondo presented CIDETEC Surface Engineering’s latest advances in #3R epoxy vitrimers, bringing recyclability, repairability and reprocessability to structural composites.

#CidetecSurfaceEngineering #SkinOfThings #CIDETEC
September 7, 2026 at 3:28 PM
♻️ Plastic that heals itself with STEAM.

A Nagoya Tech team cracked a new principle for vitrimers — making "unrecyclable" resins repairable with just water vapor. Could change electronics, EVs & aerospace forever.

#MaterialsScience #SelfHealing #Vitrimer #JapanTech
May 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Sustainable vitrimers made from plant-based materials demonstrate self-repair, antimicrobial properties, and compatibility with optical 3D printing, supporting cleaner and more durable applications. doi.org/g9z9m5
Sustainable polymers offer self-repair, antimicrobial action and 3D printing potential
From medicine to electronics and optics, new materials developed by scientists at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) can be applied in various fields where cleanliness, precision, and durability are essential.
phys.org
September 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🎓 Happening TODAY!
Shear Genius: Advances in Rheology
🕒 3–4:30 PM ET | Free webinar
Learn how rheology reveals polymer structure & processing power—plus new insights into vitrimers!
🔗 Register: www.acs.org/acs-webinars...
#PMSE #Rheology #PolymerScience #ACSWebinars #Vitrimers #MaterialsScience
Shear Genius: Advances in Rheology for Polymer and Materials Chemistry - American Chemical Society
Join Ronald Larson of University of Michigan as he discusses how linear and non-linear measurements offer critical first-pass assessments of polymer processability including behavior under conditions…
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August 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Journal of Rheology is looking for submissions for a special issue on Networks with Dynamic Covalent Bonds and Applications. Submit before Jan 31 and also consider a focused discussion at the European MSCA 'ReBond" in Crete in September.
#Covalent_networks #vitrimers #recyclable #elastomers
August 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM