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SUMMARY:IMX Colloquium - How to unlock the industrial potential of reproce
 ssable thermosets through dynamic covalent chemistry
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Filip Du Prez\, Ghent University\, Belgium\nDynamic cova
 lent chemistry (DCC) allows the development of thermally (re)processable a
 nd recyclable polymer networks\, which is a highly attractive feature for 
 new generations of thermoset materials and composite materials.\n\nHowever
 \, despite a huge surge in academic interest where soon almost any imagina
 ble DCC platform may have been applied in a thermoset formulation\, dynami
 c or reversible covalent polymer networks have so far found only few indus
 trial applications. This lecture will provide a perspective on the main st
 rategies for the application of DCC in the design and development of bulk 
 thermoset materials and presents some of the key hurdles for their industr
 ial implementation.\n\nThe polymer design strategies and associated chemis
 tries will be placed into the perspective of how ‘close to market’ the
 ir development pathway is\, thus providing a roadmap to achieve high-volum
 e breakthrough applications.\n\nBesides a general outline\, this presentat
 ion will highlight a number of our actual research efforts to overcome rem
 aining limitations for the industrial implementation of this new generatio
 n of reprocessable thermoset materials\, mainly based on smart chemical de
 sign.1-7\n\n[1] Stephan Maes\, Nezha Badi\, Johan M. Winne\, Filip E. Du P
 rez\, Nat. Rev. Chem.\, 9\, 144-158 (2025)\n[2] Filip Van Lijsebetten\, St
 ephan Maes\, Johan M. Winne\, Filip E. Du Prez\, Chem. Sci. 15\, 7061-7071
  (2024).\n[3] Kamil Unal\, Diederick Maes\, Lucas Stricker\, Lucie Imberno
 n\, Klaus Lorenz\, Filip Du Prez\, Johan Winne\, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater.\,
  6\, 2604-2615 (2024).\n[4] Filip Van Lijsebetten\, Tim Maiheu\, Johan M. 
 Winne\, Filip E. Du Prez\, Adv. Mater.\, 35\, 2300802 (2023).\n[5] Filip V
 an Lijsebetten\, Johan M. Winne\, and Filip E. Du Prez\, Angew. Chem. Int.
  Ed. e202113872 (2022)\n[6] Christian Taplan\, Marc Guerre\, Filip E. Du P
 rez\, J. Am. Chem. Soc.\, 143\, 9140–9150 (2021)\n[7] Filip Van Lijsebet
 ten\, Johan M. Winne\, Filip E. Du Prez\, J. Am. Chem. Soc.\, 143\, 15834
 −15844 (2021)\nIndustrial\n\nBio: Filip Du Prez finished his PhD resear
 ch in 1996 on the topic of interpenetrating polymer networks. After resear
 ch stays in Lehigh University (USA) and Montpellier (France)\, he became i
 n 1999 head of the Polymer Chemistry Research group of Ghent University in
  Belgium with around 20 researchers focusing on three main topics:\n1) ‘
 Sequence defined polymers\; 2) ‘Dynamic and circular thermoset materials
 ’\; 3) ‘Giving renewable polymers functionality’.\nIn 2021\, he rece
 ived a prestigious ERC advanced grant from the European commission for res
 earch on covalent adaptable networks and the introduction of sequence defi
 ned macromolecules in a material context. He published around 400 reviewed
  publications\, more than 10 book chapters\, 20 patent applications and re
 ceived several awards including the Medema award in 2025.\nSince 2018\, he
  is associate editor for the RSC-journal Polymer Chemistry. In 2021 he bec
 ame RSC fellow and since 2023\, he is member of the Royal Academy of Belgi
 um for Sciences and Arts.
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