Patent ID: 11891473
Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  Y | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A method of recycling a thermoset composition, the method comprising:
providing a plurality of thermoset precursors, wherein each thermoset precursor of the plurality of thermoset precursors comprises:
a backbone comprising an imine bond bonding at least one of: 1) aromatic compounds together, or 2) an aromatic compound to an aliphatic chain; and
at least one epoxy group terminating the backbone of at least a portion of the plurality of thermoset precursors;

contacting the plurality of thermoset precursors with a hardener; and
forming a plurality of cross-links between the plurality of thermoset precursors in response to contacting the plurality of thermoset precursors with the hardener to form a thermoset composition;
forming a first component from the thermoset composition;
dissolving the first component formed from the thermoset composition in a solvent to form a mixture;
removing at least a portion of the solvent from the mixture;
reforming the thermoset composition into a second component; and
removing any remaining solvent from the second component to reform the thermoset composition as the second component.