FROM IONIC LIQUIDS TO 3D SMART MATERIALS – 3DSMART

The purpose of 3DSMART project is to overcome various challenges in the field of epoxy networks through the design and development of new and high performance (multi)functional-dedicated polymer materials with enhanced properties such as chemical, and thermal stabilities, mechanical performances, fire retardancy, barrier properties, self-healing ability and shape memory behavior for 3D printing. This project proposes an original and innovative approach for designing and processing new polymer networks from novel imidazolium based monomers. To achieve innovative networks with high performance, the development of facile and adaptable synthetic routes will be investigated in order to design and characterize polyfunctional imidazolium monomers bearing aromatic rings and specific reactivities i.e. diglycidyl or cycloaliphatic epoxy functions which will allow to tune the architecture of the networks in function of targeted properties in the resulting polymer materials.