A Thermally Re-mendable Cross-Linked Polymeric Material

Author:

Chen Xiangxu1,Dam Matheus A.1,Ono Kanji2,Mal Ajit3,Shen Hongbin4,Nutt Steven R.4,Sheran Kevin1,Wudl Fred1

Affiliation:

1. Exotic Materials Institute and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,

2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering,

3. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

4. Department of Materials Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.

Abstract

We have developed a transparent organic polymeric material that can repeatedly mend or “re-mend” itself under mild conditions. The material is a tough solid at room temperature and below with mechanical properties equaling those of commercial epoxy resins. At temperatures above 120°C, approximately 30% (as determined by solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy) of “intermonomer” linkages disconnect but then reconnect upon cooling, This process is fully reversible and can be used to restore a fractured part of the polymer multiple times, and it does not require additional ingredients such as a catalyst, additional monomer, or special surface treatment of the fractured interface.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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