University Chemistry ›› 2025, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (11): 221-232.doi: 10.12461/PKU.DXHX202412046

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Polymer Comprehensive Experimental Design: Preparation and Properties of Repeatable Processing Styrene Butadiene Rubber Materials under the “Dual Carbon” Strategy

Changjie Yin, Boyu Wang, Dantong Qiao, Huimin Li   

  1. School of Chemistry and Chemical and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
  • Received:2024-12-04 Accepted:2025-03-25 Published:2025-11-21
  • Contact: Changjie Yin E-mail:yinchangjie@nwpu.edu.cn

Abstract: To enhance students’ understanding of the “dual carbon” strategy, this experimental teaching design focuses on reprocessable rubber materials. First, a novel crosslinking agent (B-KH580) was synthesized through the reaction between 1,4-phenyldiboronic acid and (3-mercaptopropyl)triethoxysilane. Subsequently, B-KH580 was blended with styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), followed by hot-pressing at 160 °C to obtain boronate ester-crosslinked SBR. The incorporation of abundant reversible dynamic covalent boron-oxygen bonds (―B―O―) enables the rubber material to exhibit excellent reprocessability. After reprocessing, the material maintains over 95% of its original tensile strength, over 84% of its elongation at break, and over 87% of its Young’s modulus. This experimental approach not only introduces cutting-edge research into laboratory teaching but also provides students with a tangible demonstration of the “dual carbon” strategy.

Key words: Dual carbon, Dynamic covalent bond, Reprocessable, Rubber, Bond of borate ester, Experimental teaching