Synergy between dynamic covalent boronic ester and boron–nitrogen coordination: strategy for self-healing polyurethane elastomers at room temperature with unprecedented mechanical properties

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Song ◽  
Wujin Ye ◽  
Xingchen Gao ◽  
Huagao Fang ◽  
Yaqiong Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Molecular Interactions ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
Polyurethane Elastomers ◽  
Coordination Strategy ◽  
Boronic Ester ◽  
Healing Efficiency ◽  
Boron Nitrogen

Boron–nitrogen coordination in polyurethane elastomers enhances the dynamics of the boronic ester while introduces inter- and intra-molecular interactions, leading to mechanical robustness and excellent self-healing efficiency simultaneously.

scholarly journals Recyclable Self-Healing Polyurethane Cross-Linked by Alkyl Diselenide with Enhanced Mechanical Properties

Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuqing Qian ◽  
Xiaowei An ◽  
Xiaofei Huang ◽  
Xiangqiang Pan ◽  
Jian Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Amide Bond ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
Healing Efficiency ◽  
Polyurethane Networks ◽  
Combined Action ◽  
Cross Linker ◽  
Dynamic Structures ◽  
External Interventions

Dynamic structures containing polymers can behave as thermosets at room temperature while maintaining good mechanical properties, showing good reprocessability, repairability, and recyclability. In this work, alkyl diselenide is effectively used as a dynamic cross-linker for the design of self-healing poly(urea–urethane) elastomers, which show quantitative healing efficiency at room temperature, without the need for any catalysts or external interventions. Due to the combined action of the urea bond and amide bond, the material has better mechanical properties. We also compared the self-healing effect of alkyl diselenide-based polyurethanes and alkyl disulfide-based polyurethanes. The alkyl diselenide has been incorporated into polyurethane networks using a para-substituted amine diphenyl alkyl diselenide. The resulting materials not only exhibit faster self-healing properties than the corresponding disulfide-based materials, but also show the ability to be processed at temperatures as low as 60 °C.

scholarly journals Design of Azomethine Diols for Efficient Self-Healing of Strong Polyurethane Elastomers

Molecules ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 2928 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dae-Woo Lee ◽  
Han-Na Kim ◽  
Dai-Soo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
Azomethine Group ◽  
Polyurethane Elastomers ◽  
Healing Efficiency ◽  
Group Concentration ◽  
Terephthalic Aldehyde

Azomethine diols (AMDs) were synthesized by condensation between a terephthalic aldehyde, polyether diamine, and ethanol amine. The synthesized AMDs were employed to introduce azomethine groups into the backbones of polyurethane elastomers (PUEs). Different AMDs were designed to control the concentration and distribution of azomethine groups in PUEs. In this study, we explored the intrinsic self-healing of AMD-based PUEs by azomethine metathesis. Particularly, the effects of the concentration and distribution of the azomethine groups on the AMD-based PUEs were considered. Consequently, as the azomethine group concentration increased and the distribution became denser, the self-healing properties improved. With AMD3-40, the self-healing efficiency reached 86% at 130 °C after 30 min. This represents a 150% improvement over the control PUE. Additionally, as the AMD content increased, the mechanical properties improved. With AMD3-40, the tensile strength reached 50 MPa. Therefore, we concluded that the self-healing and mechanical properties of PUEs can potentially be tailored for applications by adjusting the concentration and design of AMD structure for PUEs.

Autonomous self-healing polyisoprene elastomers with high modulus and good toughness based on the synergy of dynamic ionic crosslinks and highly disordered crystals

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (41) ◽  
pp. 6549-6558
Author(s):  
Yohei Miwa ◽  
Mayu Yamada ◽  
Yu Shinke ◽  
Shoichi Kutsumizu
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
High Modulus ◽  
Disordered Crystals ◽  
Ionic Crosslinks

We designed a novel polyisoprene elastomer with high mechanical properties and autonomous self-healing capability at room temperature facilitated by the coexistence of dynamic ionic crosslinks and crystalline components that slowly reassembled.

scholarly journals Numerical Studies of the Effects of Water Capsules on Self-Healing Efficiency and Mechanical Properties in Cementitious Materials

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haoliang Huang ◽  
Guang Ye
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Elastic Modulus ◽  
Cementitious Materials ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Numerical Studies ◽  
Healing Efficiency ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect

In this research, self-healing due to further hydration of unhydrated cement particles is taken as an example for investigating the effects of capsules on the self-healing efficiency and mechanical properties of cementitious materials. The efficiency of supply of water by using capsules as a function of capsule dosages and sizes was determined numerically. By knowing the amount of water supplied via capsules, the efficiency of self-healing due to further hydration of unhydrated cement was quantified. In addition, the impact of capsules on mechanical properties was investigated numerically. The amount of released water increases with the dosage of capsules at different slops as the size of capsules varies. Concerning the best efficiency of self-healing, the optimizing size of capsules is 6.5 mm for capsule dosages of 3%, 5%, and 7%, respectively. Both elastic modulus and tensile strength of cementitious materials decrease with the increase of capsule. The decreasing tendency of tensile strength is larger than that of elastic modulus. However, it was found that the increase of positive effect (the capacity of inducing self-healing) of capsules is larger than that of negative effects (decreasing mechanical properties) when the dosage of capsules increases.

An Unparalleled H-bonding and Ion-bonding Crosslinked Waterborne Polyurethane with Super Toughness and Unprecedented Fracture Energy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Yao ◽  
Bo Liu ◽  
Ziyang Xu ◽  
Jianhai Yang ◽  
Wenguang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Fracture Energy ◽  
Waterborne Polyurethane ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
Polyurethane Elastomers

Self-healing polyurethane elastomers have been extensively studied; however, developing an eco-friendly self-healable waterborne polyurethane (WPU) with exceptional mechanical properties remains a great challenge. Herein, we report healable, and highly tough...

A room-temperature self-healing elastomer with ultra-high strength and toughness fabricated via optimized hierarchical hydrogen-bonding interactions

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liangliang Xia ◽  
Ming Zhou ◽  
Hongjun Tu ◽  
wen Zeng ◽  
xiaoling Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Mechanical Strength ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Polymeric Materials ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
High Mechanical Strength ◽  
Hydrogen Bonding Interactions ◽  
Healing Efficiency ◽  
Good Healing

The preparation of room-temperature self-healing polymeric materials with good healing efficiency and high mechanical strength is challenging. Two processes are essential to realise the room-temperature self-healing of materials: (a) a...

scholarly journals Room-temperature autonomous self-healing glassy polymers with hyperbranched structure

2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (21) ◽  
pp. 11299-11305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Wang ◽  
Hanchao Liu ◽  
Zhenxing Cao ◽  
Weihang Li ◽  
Xin Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bonds ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Glassy State ◽  
Glassy Polymers ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
External Branch ◽  
Healing Efficiency ◽  
High Degree ◽  
External Stimuli ◽  
Hyperbranched Structure

Glassy polymers are extremely difficult to self-heal below their glass transition temperature (Tg) due to the frozen molecules. Here, we fabricate a series of randomly hyperbranched polymers (RHP) with high density of multiple hydrogen bonds, which showTgup to 49 °C and storage modulus up to 2.7 GPa. We reveal that the hyperbranched structure not only allows the external branch units and terminals of the molecules to have a high degree of mobility in the glassy state, but also leads to the coexistence of “free” and associated complementary moieties of hydrogen bonds. The free complementary moieties can exchange with the associated hydrogen bonds, enabling network reconfiguration in the glassy polymer. As a result, the RHP shows amazing instantaneous self-healing with recovered tensile strength up to 5.5 MPa within 1 min, and the self-healing efficiency increases with contacting time at room temperature without the intervention of external stimuli.

scholarly journals A Self-Healing Polymer with Fast Elastic Recovery upon Stretching

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 597 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei-Chen Zhao ◽  
Wen Li ◽  
Wei Huang ◽  
Cheng-Hui Li
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Elastic Recovery ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
Original Length ◽  
Healing Efficiency ◽  
Recovery Behavior ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Highly Stretchable ◽  
Soft Actuators

The design of polymers that exhibit both good elasticity and self-healing properties is a highly challenging task. In spite of this, the literature reports highly stretchable self-healing polymers, but most of them exhibit slow elastic recovery behavior, i.e., they can only recover to their original length upon relaxation for a long time after stretching. Herein, a self-healing polymer with a fast elastic recovery property is demonstrated. We used 4-[tris(4-formylphenyl)methyl]benzaldehyde (TFPM) as a tetratopic linker to crosslink a poly(dimethylsiloxane) backbone, and obtained a self-healing polymer with high stretchability and fast elastic recovery upon stretching. The strain at break of the as-prepared polymer is observed at about 1400%. The polymer can immediately recover to its original length after being stretched. The damaged sample can be healed at room temperature with a healing efficiency up to 93% within 1 h. Such a polymer can be used for various applications, such as functioning as substrates or matrixes in soft actuators, electronic skins, biochips, and biosensors with prolonged lifetimes.

scholarly journals Dynamic Mussel-Inspired Chitin Nanocomposite Hydrogels for Wearable Strain Sensors

Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pejman Heidarian ◽  
Abbas Z. Kouzani ◽  
Akif Kaynak ◽  
Ali Zolfagharian ◽  
Hossein Yousefi
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Polyacrylic Acid ◽  
Strain Sensors ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
Network Stability ◽  
Ferric Ions ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Nanocomposite Hydrogels ◽  
Healing Efficiency ◽  
Hydrogel Network

It is an ongoing challenge to fabricate an electroconductive and tough hydrogel with autonomous self-healing and self-recovery (SELF) for wearable strain sensors. Current electroconductive hydrogels often show a trade-off between static crosslinks for mechanical strength and dynamic crosslinks for SELF properties. In this work, a facile procedure was developed to synthesize a dynamic electroconductive hydrogel with excellent SELF and mechanical properties from starch/polyacrylic acid (St/PAA) by simply loading ferric ions (Fe3+) and tannic acid-coated chitin nanofibers (TA-ChNFs) into the hydrogel network. Based on our findings, the highest toughness was observed for the 1 wt.% TA-ChNF-reinforced hydrogel (1.43 MJ/m3), which is 10.5-fold higher than the unreinforced counterpart. Moreover, the 1 wt.% TA-ChNF-reinforced hydrogel showed the highest resistance against crack propagation and a 96.5% healing efficiency after 40 min. Therefore, it was chosen as the optimized hydrogel to pursue the remaining experiments. Due to its unique SELF performance, network stability, superior mechanical, and self-adhesiveness properties, this hydrogel demonstrates potential for applications in self-wearable strain sensors.

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