A Cross-linked Polyethylene with Recyclability and Mechanical Robustness Enabled by Establishment of Multiple Hydrogen Bonds Network <italic style="font-style: italic">via</italic> Reactive Melt Blending

Hong-Da Mao; Ting-Ting Zhang; Zhen-You Guo; Dong-Yu Bai; Jie Wang; Hao Xiu; Qiang Fu

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A Cross-linked Polyethylene with Recyclability and Mechanical Robustness Enabled by Establishment of Multiple Hydrogen Bonds Network via Reactive Melt Blending

RESEARCH ARTICLE | Updated：2023-06-14

- A Cross-linked Polyethylene with Recyclability and Mechanical Robustness Enabled by Establishment of Multiple Hydrogen Bonds Network via Reactive Melt Blending
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 41, Issue 7, Pages: 1104-1114(2023)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
  b.Chongqing University Key Laboratory of Micro/Nano Materials Engineering and Technology, Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, Chongqing 402160, China
  c.Hubei Huifu Nanomaterial Co., LTD., Yichang 443007, China
- Author bio：
  
  iswangjie@126.com
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- DOI：10.1007/s10118-023-2907-5
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- Received：04 October 2022，
  
  Revised：2022-11-9，
  
  Accepted：21 November 2022，
  
  Online First：08 December 2022，
  
  Published：01 July 2023
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Mao, H. D.; Zhang, T. T.; Guo, Z. Y.; Bai, D. Y.; Wang, J.; Xiu, H.; Fu, Q. A cross-linked polyethylene with recyclability and mechanical robustness enabled by establishment of multiple hydrogen bonds network via reactive melt blending. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2023, 41, 1104–1114

Hong-Da Mao, Ting-Ting Zhang, Zhen-You Guo, et al. A Cross-linked Polyethylene with Recyclability and Mechanical Robustness Enabled by Establishment of Multiple Hydrogen Bonds Network via Reactive Melt Blending[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2023, 41(7): 1104-1114. DOI: 10.1007/s10118-023-2907-5.
Mao, H. D.; Zhang, T. T.; Guo, Z. Y.; Bai, D. Y.; Wang, J.; Xiu, H.; Fu, Q. A cross-linked polyethylene with recyclability and mechanical robustness enabled by establishment of multiple hydrogen bonds network via reactive melt blending. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2023, 41, 1104–1114 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-023-2907-5.

Hong-Da Mao, Ting-Ting Zhang, Zhen-You Guo, et al. A Cross-linked Polyethylene with Recyclability and Mechanical Robustness Enabled by Establishment of Multiple Hydrogen Bonds Network via Reactive Melt Blending[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2023, 41(7): 1104-1114. DOI: 10.1007/s10118-023-2907-5. DOI：

摘要

H-bonds cross-linked polyethylene based on amide triazole ring-carboxylic acid units was prepared by reactive melt-blending. The multiple H-bonds with intrinsic reversibility can enhance the interchain interactions of polyethylene

imparting it with mechanical robustness

good creep and thermal resistance

and recyclability.

Abstract

Physical cross-linking by hydrogen-bonds (H-bonds)

providing a good combination of application properties of thermosets and processability of thermoplastics

is a potential strategy to resolve the recycling problem of traditional chemically cross-linked polyethylene. However

ureidopyrimidone (UPy)

the most widely used H-bonding motif

is unfavorable for large-scale industrial application due to its poor thermal stability. In this work

H-bonds cross-linked polyethylene was successfully prepared by reactive melt blending maleic anhydride grafted polyethylene (PE-

-MAH) with 3-amino-1

4-triazole (ATA) to form amide triazole ring-carboxylic acid units. Triazole ring can easily generate multiple H-bonds with carboxylic acid and amide. More importantly

these units are more thermal stable than UPy due to the absence of unstable urea group of UPy. The introduction of H-bonds cross-linking leads to an obvious improvement in mechanical properties and creep resistance and a good maintain in thermal properties and recyclability. Furthermore

the reinforcement effect monotonically improves with increasing the density of H-bonds. The obtained good properties are mainly attributed to largely enhanced interchain interactions induced by H-bonds cross-linking and intrinsic reversibility of H-bonds. This work develops a novel way for the simple fabrication of H-bonds cross-linked PE with high performance through reactive melt blending.

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A Cross-linked Polyethylene with Recyclability and Mechanical Robustness Enabled by Establishment of Multiple Hydrogen Bonds Network via Reactive Melt Blending

DOI：10.1007/s10118-023-2907-5

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