Jiaxi Kuang
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Jiaxi Kuang has a total of 8 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Huanbo Wang
Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Wood Adhesives and Glued Products, International Joint Research Center for Biomass Materials, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China
1 shared publication - Kaimeng Xu
Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Wood Adhesives and Glued Products, International Joint Research Center for Biomass Materials, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China
1 shared publication - Lianpeng Zhang
Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Wood and Bamboo Biomass Materials, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, 650224, Yunnan, China
1 shared publication - Linkun Xie
Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Wood Adhesives and Glued Products, International Joint Research Center for Biomass Materials, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China
1 shared publication - Shuqi Shang
Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Wood Adhesives and Glued Products, International Joint Research Center for Biomass Materials, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China
1 shared publication - Tian Liu
Key Laboratory of Bio-Based Material Science and Technology, Engineering Research Center of Advanced Wooden Materials, Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
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Wood/Dynamic Covalent Polymer Network Composites
Wood, a renewable and sustainable resource with a hierarchical porous structure, exhibits significant potential for functional composites through integration with polymers. Wood/polymer composites are typically fabricated either via polymer impregnation into wood or through blending of wood powder with thermoplastic polymers to produce wood–plastic composites (WPCs). However, conventional thermosetting polymers cannot be reshaped or reprocessed, while thermoplastic polyolefins often exhibit poor compatibility with wood powder. Dynamic covalent polymer networks (DCPNs), which incorporate reversible covalent bonds into thermoset matrices, enable network reconfiguration in response to external stimuli such as heat. Replacing conventional polymers with DCPNs in delignified wood yields transparent wood with programmable shape-memory, photo-luminescent, and thermochromic properties, enabling the fabrication of advanced materials. DCPN-impregnated delignified wood is also reprocessable and degradable. Similarly, incorporating DCPNs into carbonized wood produces electrode materials with enhanced plasticity, shape-memory behavior, reshaping ability, and self-healing properties. DCPNs can replace thermoplastic polyolefins as matrices in WPCs. Consequently, repairable and reprocessable wood powder/DCPN composites can be fabricated with potential for carbon storage applications. This mini-review summarizes recent advances in wood/DCPN composites, focusing on two main fabrication approaches: DCPN impregnation into delignified wood and blending of DCPNs with wood powder. Wood/DCPN composites combine the characteristics of wood and dynamic DCPNs and have the potential to become an efficient, eco-friendly, and sustainable form of processing and utilization of wood.
Open AccessWood/Dynamic Covalent Polymer Network Composites
Wood, a renewable and sustainable resource with a hierarchical porous structure, exhibits significant potential for functional composites through integration with polymers. Wood/polymer composites are typically fabricated either via polymer impregnation into wood or through blending of wood powder with thermoplastic polymers to produce wood–plastic composites (WPCs). However, conventional thermosetting polymers cannot be reshaped or reprocessed, while thermoplastic polyolefins often exhibit poor compatibility with wood powder. Dynamic covalent polymer networks (DCPNs), which incorporate reversible covalent bonds into thermoset matrices, enable network reconfiguration in response to external stimuli such as heat. Replacing conventional polymers with DCPNs in delignified wood yields transparent wood with programmable shape-memory, photo-luminescent, and thermochromic properties, enabling the fabrication of advanced materials. DCPN-impregnated delignified wood is also reprocessable and degradable. Similarly, incorporating DCPNs into carbonized wood produces electrode materials with enhanced plasticity, shape-memory behavior, reshaping ability, and self-healing properties. DCPNs can replace thermoplastic polyolefins as matrices in WPCs. Consequently, repairable and reprocessable wood powder/DCPN composites can be fabricated with potential for carbon storage applications. This mini-review summarizes recent advances in wood/DCPN composites, focusing on two main fabrication approaches: DCPN impregnation into delignified wood and blending of DCPNs with wood powder. Wood/DCPN composites combine the characteristics of wood and dynamic DCPNs and have the potential to become an efficient, eco-friendly, and sustainable form of processing and utilization of wood.