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. 2024 Apr 9;16(8):1025. doi: 10.3390/polym16081025

Table 2.

Thermal and mechanical properties, and recyclability of the bio-based vitrimer CFRCs.

Samples Tg (°C) Td5% (°C) Tensile Strength (MPa) Young’s Modulus (GPa) Flexural Strength (MPa) and Modulus (GPa) Recycling Condition Reference
Epoxidized soybean oil & vanillin & 4-aminophenol 27.6 - 145.4 ± 17.13 1.18 ± 0.14 - 0.1 M HCl for 20 h for the resin matrix to be completely dissolved. [25]
Vanillin & 4-aminophenol & glycerol triglycidyl ether 70 257 449 ± 12 12.9 ± 0.9 - 0.1 molL−1 ethylene-diamine (EDA) [82]
Vanillin & methylcyclohexane-diamine >131 267–284 - - >490 & >34 EDA, with epoxy resin:EDA ratio was 1:5 [3]
Vanillin & phosphonitrilic chloride trimer & 4,4-diaminodiphenyl methane 129 215 461 ± 21 47.3 ± 2 455 ± 14 &
54.2 ± 4
THF/HCl at RT for 24h [85]
Hyperbranched polyesters (HBP) & rosin-derived fumaropimaric acid & glycerol triglycidyl ether 75.6–90.5 - 585 ± 35 (with the 15 wt.% of HBP in the vitrimer system - - Ethylene glycol (EG) at 180 °C for 12 h under N2 atmosphere [88]
5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) & 1,3-diaminoguanidine monohydrochloride (GAN) & furan-based curing agent (DIFFA) 234.1 - - - - THF:HCl (8:2, v/v) [86]
Itaconic acid & maleic anhydride & glycerine 49–56 285 417 ± 26 31.3 ± 1.8 - 1 M NaOH at RT for 5 h [87]
Adipic acid & epoxidized menthane diamine 72.1–86.4 282 (for Td10%) 465 - - Ethanolamine at 60 °C for 30 min [26]