Universally autonomous self-healing elastomer with high stretchability
Tianjin University · Marine Biomedical Research Institute of Qingdao
Abstract
Developing autonomous self-healing materials for applications in harsh conditions is challenging because the reconstruction of interaction in material for self-healing will experience significant resistance and fail. Herein, a universally self-healing and highly stretchable supramolecular elastomer is designed by synergistically incorporating multi-strength H-bonds and disulfide metathesis in polydimethylsiloxane polymers. The resultant elastomer exhibits high stretchability for both unnotched (14000%) and notched (1300%) samples. It achieves fast autonomous self-healing under universal conditions, including at room temperature (10 min for healing), ultralow temperature (-40 °C), underwater (93% healing…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 30.18
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 67
Authors
5- HGHongshuang GuoCorresponding
Tianjin University, Marine Biomedical Research Institute of Qingdao
- YHYi Han
Tianjin University
- WZWeiqiang Zhao
Tianjin University, Marine Biomedical Research Institute of Qingdao
- JYJing Yang
Tianjin University, Marine Biomedical Research Institute of Qingdao
- LZLei Zhang
Tianjin University, Marine Biomedical Research Institute of Qingdao
Topics & keywords
- Self-healing
- Elastomer
- Materials science
- Polydimethylsiloxane
- Composite material
- Polymer
- Nanotechnology
- Disulfide bond
- Clean water and sanitation