Abstract
We describe a new amine-hardener that enables intrinsic thermally activated healing in epoxy-amine coatings. A hetero-Diels Alder (HDA) adduct bridges biosourced fatty acids and serves as the thermoreversible linker. We validated the thermal reversion of the adduct in solution and the HDA-containing diamine served as a drop-in replacement for commercial hardeners.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 741-747 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Polymer Chemistry |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 14 2022 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
The authors would like to acknowledge Michael Blanton, Richard Ferguson, and Dr James Rawlins for sharing their expertise in coatings and assistance developing the initial films used in this study. B. J. D. and I. T. D. would like to acknowledge the National Science Foundation National Research Traineeship (NSF NRT) program award DGE-149999. The authors acknowledge the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (Contract No. W912HZ-18-C-0022) for partial support of this research.