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Additive manufacturing enabled by frontal polymerization
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-05-01
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Molecularly architected polymers enabled by frontal polymerization dynamics
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-12-01
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Rapid fabrication of polymers and composites via frontal polymerization
… of minor stimuli to effect dramatic change. Frontal polymerization (FP) is an autocatalytic, propagating reaction wave driven by the exothermic polymerization of a monomer. A small thermal stimulus is applied locally to a solution of monomer and initiator, activating polymerization. The …
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Simultaneous three-dimensional printing and frontal polymerization of dicyclopentadiene resin
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Investigation of Thermo-chemo-mechanically Coupled Phenomena in Frontal Polymerization
Frontal polymerization is a proven energy-saving and rapid method of synthesizing polymers with good mechanical properties. With a small energy input, a reaction front propagates rapidly through the sample, transforming monomer (liquid or soft gel) into polymer (stiff solid), and is self-sustained …
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Thermoset materials fabricated via frontal polymerization: Material properties and photoinitiation approaches
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01
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Rapid manufacturing of thermoset polymers and composites processed by frontal polymerization
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01
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Manufacturing of glass-fiber-reinforced dicyclopentadiene-matrix composites via frontal polymerization
The student, Sagar Ketan Vyas, accepted the attached license on 2020-03-05 at 10:28.
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Thermally-assisted frontal polymerization for rapid curing of fiber-reinforced polymer composites
… composites is developed by exploiting the frontal polymerization concept and joule heating of nanostructured materials. A nanostructured paper or fabric is integrated into the composite layup to supply the energy required to trigger frontal polymerization via the Joule heating effect. In …
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Modeling and optimization of frontal polymerization-based manufacturing of polymers and composites
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-12-01
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Manufacturing of thermosetting polymers and composites using frontal polymerization: A numerical study
… manufacturing method for FRPCs based on Frontal Polymerization (FP) has been introduced by the Autonomous Materials Systems (AMS) group at the University of Illinois that greatly speeds up the process and substantially reduces the energy cost (by many orders of magnitude) duration of the …
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Evolution of material properties in patterned semi-crystalline structures enabled by frontal polymerization
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-12-01
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Iron-catalyzed C—H alkylation and photoredox frontal ring opening metathesis polymerization
… two chapters. Investigation of a photoinitiated frontal ring opening metathesis polymerization method comprises the last two chapters. Iron metallocarbenes are common intermediates in a wide range of synthetic methods, especially cyclopropanation and insertion into heteroatom-hydrogen bonds. …
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Advanced manufacturing of sustainable materials
… first created a model system capable of cycled polymerization and depolymerization utilizing an engineering thermoplastic with a low ceiling temperature, cyclic poly(phthalaldehyde) (cPPA). cPPA depolymerization proceeded under mild thermal conditions, and quantitative recovery of the monomer …
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Time-Lapse Polymerizations Triggered by pH clock Reactions
The theme of this work is time-lapse polymerizations triggered by pH clock reactions. The first chapter is the introduction and gives a long overview of the different chemistries studied here. The second chapter focuses on the bromate-sulfite clock reaction. Based on some simplified and accepted …
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Characterization of poly(dicyclopentadiene-co-dihydrofuran) polymers and composites: A frontally polymerizable and deconstructable thermoset
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms
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Sacrificial polymers for rapid manufacturing of bioinspired vascular materials
… composites (FRPCs). Catalyst-assisted thermal depolymerization of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) templates containing an organometallic compound enables manufacturing of complex vasculature in thermosets and FRPCs for self-healing, thermal regulation, and electromagnetic reconfigurability applications. …
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Rapid on-demand polymerization for multifunctional materials
… typically expensive and difficult to scale up. Frontal polymerization (FP) has emerged as a rapid, energy-efficient, and easily scalable manufacturing technique for bulk polymeric materials, with significant potential to ease the manufacturing burdens of multifunctional polymer and composite …
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Dynamic remodeling and rapid manufacturing of functional materials by ring-opening metathesis polymerization
Ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) is a powerful and broadly applicable method to synthesize polymeric materials with unique architectures and useful functions. Remarkable progress has been made on the molecular design of catalysts and monomers that allows precise control over ROMP. The …
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Theoretical and numerical framework for extrusion-based additive manufacturing applications
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-03-28 without embargo terms