Vitrimers: permanent organic networks with glass-like fluidity

Vitrimers possess the unique property that they are malleable while being permanently cross-linked. This mini-review highlights the existing vitrimer systems in the period 2011–2015 with the main focus on their chemical origin.

• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Chemical Science

• Publication date

  2015-10-08

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Materials Science, Chemistry

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1039/c5sc02223aPMID 28757995PMCID 5508697
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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