Zhejiang University

Zju-hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center

Ning Zheng

Tao Xie

Qian Zhao

Yang Xu

Zizheng Fang

Xiaona Xu

Zenghe Liu

The invention discloses a method for recycling and reusing polyurethane foam. The method includes: (1) The functionalized oligomers are obtained by adding solvent and catalyst to the polyurethane foam. (2) The functionalized oligomers are chemically modified, and the photosensitive group is introduced through the functional group reaction. The diluent, photoinitiator, and light absorber, etc. are introduced into the obtained oligomers to prepare photocurable resin. It can be used for photocurable coatings or 3D printing. This method has a fast reaction time, easy recovery of solvent and catalyst, higher value-added recycled product, good economic benefits, and social value.

Method for recycling and reusing polyurethane foam

The present disclosure provides a method to fabricate three-dimensional transparent glass utilizing polymer plasticity, including the following steps. In step 1, synthesize polymer-glass powder composite containing dynamic chemical bonds, the bond exchange catalyst is added during the synthesis process, and then cure to obtain a two-dimensional sheet shape I, the bond exchange catalyst is used to activate a dynamic chemical bond in step 2. In step 2, shape the two-dimensional sheet shape I obtained in step 1 into a complex three-dimensional shape II under the conditions of the effect of an external force and the activable dynamic chemical bond. In step 3, pyrolyze the composite precursor at high temperature to obtain transparent glass with complex three-dimensional shape II. The present disclosure provides a method in shaping the transparent glass with complex geometries by unique polymer plasticity in lower temperature.

Method to prepare three-dimensional transparent glass via polymer plasticity

A fabrication method and application of topological elastomers with highly branched structures, low modulus and high elasticity. The topological elastomers comprise dendritic macromolecules. The fabrication method includes direct crosslinking, post-crosslinking, grafting, and copolymerization. The performance of the elastomer can be easily tuned via changing the topology of the polymer network. The breakthrough of this invention lies in that these topological elastomers with highly branched structures are having low modulus and high elasticity, which would expand its application in the field of elastomer. Notably, the variety of topological elastomers, the versatility of curing chemistries, the availability of a wide variety of monomers, and the various polymerization methods are enabling the fabrication of topological elastomers with feasibility and efficiency.

Method for preparing topological elastomers with highly branched structures, low modulus and high elasticity

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Ning Zheng