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Mechanically tough dynamic poly(disulfide)s crosslinked by acylsemicarbazides†

Ling Liu,a   Yuanxin Deng,*a   Weiran Cheng,a   Jinwei Yang,a   Da-Hui Qu ORCID logo a  and  Qi Zhang ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, China
E-mail: yuanxin.deng@ecust.edu.cn, q.zhang@ecust.edu.cn

Abstract

Acylsemicarbazide is used to toughen a dynamic poly(disulfide) network by forming synergistic covalent and noncovalent crosslinkers. The resulting dry supramolecular network exhibits enhanced stretchability, mechanical strength and toughness while retaining dynamic reconfigurability.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC03339J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Jun 2025
Accepted
14 Jul 2025
First published
15 Jul 2025

Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article

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Mechanically tough dynamic poly(disulfide)s crosslinked by acylsemicarbazides

L. Liu, Y. Deng, W. Cheng, J. Yang, D. Qu and Q. Zhang, Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5CC03339J

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