Hart, Lewis R, Harries, Josephine L, Greenland, Barnaby, Colquhoun, Howard M and Hayes, Wayne (2013) Healable supramolecular polymers. Polymer Chemistry, 4. pp. 4860-4870. ISSN 1759-9962
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Abstract
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.
Item Type: | Article |
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Schools and Departments: | School of Life Sciences > Chemistry |
Subjects: | Q Science > QD Chemistry |
Depositing User: | Barnaby Greenland |
Date Deposited: | 11 Apr 2018 13:57 |
Last Modified: | 11 Apr 2018 13:58 |
URI: | http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/75014 |
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