Dynamic Covalent Polymer Networks - Applications, Dynamics, and Topology

Presentations

• How Pigment Influences Self-Healing in Coatings based on Vinylogous Urethanes 

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 16, 2026, 12:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Bryan Vogt

    • Pennsylvania State University

  Authors

  • Bryan Vogt

    • Pennsylvania State University

  • Jacob Capets

    • The Pennsylvania State University

  • Christian Pester

    • Pennsylvania State University

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• Concentration dependent salt-polymer-dynamic bond interactions dictate non-monotonic conductivity and viscoelasticity in vitrimer electrolytes

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 12:12 PM – March 16, 2026, 12:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Samyak Chordia

    • University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

  Authors

  • Samyak Chordia

    • University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

  • Christopher Evans

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Paul Braun

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Shailesh Joshi

  • Timothy Arthur

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• Influence of Cross-linker Nucleophilicity and Diffusion on Polystyrene Vitrimer Dynamics

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 12:24 PM – March 16, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Daniel Barzycki

    • Florida State University

  Authors

  • Daniel Barzycki

    • Florida State University

  • Dana Ezzeddine

    • Florida State University

  • Sachin Shanbhag

    • Florida State University

  • Ralm Ricarte

    • Florida State University

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• Effect of Entanglements on Vitrimer Dynamics

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 12:36 PM – March 16, 2026, 12:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Natalie Buchanan

    • BLUEHALO

  Authors

  • Natalie Buchanan

    • BLUEHALO

  • Jeffrey Ethier

    • Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

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• Unexpectedly large entropic barrier controls bond rearrangements in vitrimers

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 12:48 PM – March 16, 2026, 1:00 PM

  Publication: S. Cheng, L. Rey, B. Yao, I. Popov, and A. P. Sokolov, arXiv:2508.05824.

  Presenters

  • Shinian Cheng

    • University of Tennessee

  Authors

  • Shinian Cheng

    • University of Tennessee

  • Lilliana Rey

  • Beibei Yao

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Sophia Sabelja

  • Gaukhar Toleutay

  • Ivan Popov

    • University of Tennessee

  • Alexei Sokolov

    • University of Tennessee

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• Temperature and pressure effects on the dynamics of vitrimers

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 1:00 PM – March 16, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Presenters

  • George Floudas

    • University of Ioannina

  Authors

  • George Floudas

    • University of Ioannina

  • Michail Danikas

  • Matteo Conti

  • Nathan van Zee

  • Renaud Nicolay

  • Laurence Ramos

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• Time-Temperature-Chemistry Superposition in Dynamic Covalent Networks

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 16, 2026, 1:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Alexa Kuenstler

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Alexa Kuenstler

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Incorporation of Dynamic Dissociative Crosslinkers in Associative Covalent Adaptable Networks: Towards Controllable Flow in Vitrimers

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 1:24 PM – March 16, 2026, 1:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Jared Rivera Otero

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Jared Rivera Otero

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Alexa Kuenstler

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Topology annealing effects: Meso-scale analysis of bond exchangeable network

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 16, 2026, 1:36 PM – March 16, 2026, 2:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Mikihiro Hayashi

    • Nagoya Inst of Tech

  Authors

  • Mikihiro Hayashi

    • Nagoya Inst of Tech

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• Leveraging orthogonal dynamic chemistries to engineer tough and reprocessable double networks

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 2:12 PM – March 16, 2026, 2:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Aaliyah Dookhith

    • Columbia University

  Authors

  • Aaliyah Dookhith

    • Columbia University

  • Yan Zheng

  • Sanat Kumar

    • Columbia University

  • Neil Dolinski

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• Microdynamics in Vitrimers During Curing

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 2:24 PM – March 16, 2026, 2:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Mark Foster

    • University of Akron

  Authors

  • Mark Foster

    • University of Akron

  • Sophia Aracri

    • University of Akron

  • Seiyoung Yoon

  • Satej Joshi

  • Suresh Narayanan

    • Argonne National laboratory

  • Qingteng Zhang

    • Argonne National Laboratory

  • Mark Sutton

    • McGill University

  • James Eagan

  • Junpeng Wang

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• The Evolution of Microstructure under Tensile Stress and the Effect of Temperature on Vitrimer

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 2:36 PM – March 16, 2026, 2:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Ji Eun Hyun

    • Seoul National University

  Authors

  • Ji Eun Hyun

    • Seoul National University

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• Molecular Simulation Study of Penetrant Diffusion in Vitrimer Network

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 2:48 PM – March 16, 2026, 3:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Min-Hsien Lin

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Min-Hsien Lin

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Tsai-Wei Lin

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Junrou Huang

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Baicheng Mei

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Kenneth Schweizer

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Christopher Evans

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Charles Sing

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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