Data for: Vitrimer transition phenomena from the perspective of thermal volume expansion and shape (in)stability

The data is supplementary to the publication "Vitrimer transition phenomena from the perspective of thermal volume expansion and shape (in)stability", DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.4c00207

Key words: Vitrimer transition temperature, Thermo-mechanical analyses, Temperature-modulated optical refractometry, Thermal volume expansion, Dynamic polymer networks, Shape instabilities

The data sets contain measured data on Thermo-mechanical analysis (TMA) and Temperature-modulated optical refractometry (TMOR) of a epoxy-based vitrimer and a reference material.

Material details:

• Bisphenol A Diglycidyl ether (DGEBA, DER332) + Difunctional and trifunctional carbocylic acids (Pripol1040, Croda) + 1,5,7-triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-en (TBD, 10 mol-% relative to carboxylic acid functions)
• Bisphenol A Diglycidyl ether (DGEBA, DER332) + Difunctional and trifunctional carbocylic acids (Pripol1040, Croda) +pyridine

Funding received from:

• German Research Foundation (DFG), project number: 521902629.
• Sample preparation: (Austrian) Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology and the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs (COMET-Module project “Repairtecture”, project-no.: 904927)