journal article·2025-11

Ultra‐Robust and Tough Epoxy Resin Enabled by Pulley Mechanism‐Based Curing Agent for Strong and Reversible Adhesion

Yingpeng Zhou, Zi‐Han Zhao, Yinghong Zeng, Shilin Tian, Fuyao Sun, Yiding Cheng, Yujuan Li, Zhongbao Fu, Jiajun Fu

Advanced Functional Materials· Volume 35· Issue 46
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Abstract

Abstract Developing sustainable epoxy‐based adhesives that simultaneously possess high strength and toughness is critically important yet remains challenging. In this work, a “pulley‐structured” curing agent is designed featuring rigid covalent anchors and dynamic B─N coordination sliders. This unique architecture enables efficient energy dissipation while maintaining structural integrity and robustness. The resulting epoxy resin (BO2‐EL1) achieves exceptional mechanical properties, of which the tensile strength and Young's modulus reach 67.78 MPa and 2.08 GPa, respectively, comparable to commercial epoxy materials. The toughness (4.63 MJ m −3 ) of BO2‐EL1 is significantly enhanced by the novel crosslinking structure, highly surpassing traditional rigid epoxy counterparts. A convenient solvent‐free in situ curing way is further realized to fabricate epoxy adhesives with superior adhesion strength (16.74 MPa) and toughness. Dynamic B─O/B─N bonds and hydrogen interactions impart recyclability, reprocessability, and multiple debonding‐rebonding ability of the epoxy adhesive. Moreover, the robust epoxy adhesive demonstrates excellent long‐term environmental stability, which can maintain the adhesion strength higher than 10 MPa even at −196 °C. As a result, the produced epoxy resin with exceptional comprehensive performance offers a strong and sustainable adhesive in practical industrial applications.
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OpenAlex topics: Synthesis and properties of polymers · Epoxy Resin Curing Processes · Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques

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Affiliations

School of Chemical Engineering Nanjing University of Science and Technology Nanjing 210094 P. R. China

State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry Nanjing University Nanjing 210023 P. R. China

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China · National Natural Science Foundation of China · Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

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