title: A biomass approach to mendable bio-elastomers.
abstract: Sustainable bioelastomers with high elastic recovery, high resilience and mendability are conceptualized with low chain-entanglement polymers that are predominantly originated from renewable biomass. Polymers with plant oil-derived fatty groups at the side chain were installed with furan, which allowed Diels-Alder addition to introduce dynamic covalent crosslinking. These elastomers are mendable via retro Diels-Alder. Reprocessing of these polymers led to the formation of elastomers with preservation of excellent resilience and elastic recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA. tang4@mailbox.sc.edu.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA. tang4@mailbox.sc.edu.
authors.forename: Zhongkai
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA. tang4@mailbox.sc.edu.
authors.forename: Mitra S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ganewatta
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA. tang4@mailbox.sc.edu.
authors.forename: Md Anisur
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA. tang4@mailbox.sc.edu.
authors.forename: Meghan E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Lamm
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA. tang4@mailbox.sc.edu.
authors.forename: Chuanbing
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tang