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Development of optimized autonomous self-healing systems for epoxy materials based on maleimide chemistry

…, W Van Camp, XKD Hillewaere, H Rahier, FE Du Prez

Index: Billiet, Stijn; Van Camp, Wim; Hillewaere, Xander K.D.; Rahier, Hubert; Du Prez, Filip E. Polymer, 2012 , vol. 53, # 12 p. 2320 - 2326

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Citation Number: 49

Abstract

Maleimide chemistry involving amines and thiols is presented and evaluated for the design of autonomous self-healing epoxy materials. Model reactions show that amines react rapidly with maleimide compounds at room temperature via the Michael addition reaction. Moreover, thiols and maleimides react readily in the presence of tertiary amines that are present in the epoxy material. The maleimide conjugation reaction with residual amines in ...