Reversible hetero-Diels-Alder amine hardener as drop-in replacement for healable epoxy coatings

Sinu C. Rajappan, Brad J. Davis, Isaiah T. Dishner, Travis L. Thornell, John J. Peyrefitte, Yoan C. Simon

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)741-747
Number of pages7
JournalPolymer Chemistry
Volume13
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 14 2022
Externally publishedYes

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.

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