Healable supramolecular polymers

By L. Hart, J. L. Harries, Barnaby W. Greenland, H. Colquhoun, W. Hayes. 2013

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This mini-review details the recent development of self-healing and mendable polymeric materials which take advantage of the reversible characteristics of non-covalent interactions during their physical recovery process. Supramolecular polymer systems which undergo spontaneous (autonomous) healing, as well as those which require external stimuli to initiate the healing process (healable/mendable), are introduced and discussed. Supramolecular polymers offer key advantages over alternative approaches, as these materials can typically withstand multiple healing cycles without substantial loss of performance, as a consequence of the highly directional and fully reversible non-covalent interactions present within the polymer matrix.

Subfields: Organic Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics

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• 4D printed thermally activated self-healing and shape memory polycaprolactone-based polymers (2018, background): “Self-healing of polymers can be achieved by a few categories of reactions, which include covalent bonding, supramolecular chemistry, H-bonding, ionic interactions, and π – π stacking [23 – 25].”