Rapid Photothermal Healing of Vitrimer Nanocomposites Activated by Gold-Nanoparticle-Coated Graphene Nanoplatelets
Yixin Ren,
Amber M. Hubbard,
Drake Austin
et al.
Abstract:Vitrimers, an emerging class of polymer materials, are thermosets with dynamic covalent cross-linkers, allowing for topology rearrangement at elevated temperatures. However, vitrimers have several drawbacks, such as slow response times and often lack photothermal catalytic activity. Herein, we demonstrate that embedding functional nanofillers, i.e., hierarchically assembled plasmonic gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) on graphene nanoplatelets (GNPIs) into a vitrimer matrix, induces an ultrafast photothermal healing r… Show more
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