Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Vitrimers
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 770
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
To fulfill the concept of the circular economy, academic and industrial communities are devoting significant efforts to the end-of-life of plastic materials. Unlike thermoplastics, which are easily recovered and revalued, recycling thermosets remains a challenging issue. On the other hand, due to their network structure, thermosetting polymer systems have unique properties that make them ideal for applications requiring high mechanical strength, chemical inertness, and thermal stability. Recently, vitrimers have attracted the attention of the scientific community as they are characterized by dynamic covalent adaptive networks that provide the typical properties of thermosets while retaining the ability to be processed (and, therefore, mechanically recycled) beyond a threshold temperature.
The focus of this Special Issue is the latest research on the design, synthesis, characterization, and applications of vitrimers. We welcome original research articles, reviews, and focus papers with the aim of collecting the latest insights and results on new vitrimeric systems, their synthetic pathways, and their unique properties.
Prof. Dr. Giulio Malucelli
Prof. Dr. Alberto Mariani
Dr. Daniele Nuvoli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- vitrimers
- covalent adaptive networks
- dynamic exchangeable linkages
- recyclability
- reshapeability
- self-healing
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