Unprecedented toughening high-performance polyhexahydrotriazines constructed by incorporating point–face cation–π interactions in covalently crosslinked networks and the visual detection of tensile strength

Abstract

We described a new concept for the design of high-performance supramolecular thermosets by incorporating point-face cation-π interactions in covalently crosslinked networks. Our findings showed an unprecedented increase in tensile strength and extensibility at once, a previously unknown behavior for stiff high performance polymers.