A Highly Stretchy, Transparent Elastomer with the Capability to Automatically Self-Heal Underwater
Abstract
Abstract Polymer materials that are able to self‐heal in humid conditions or even in water are highly desirable for their industrial applications. However, the development of underwater self‐healing polymer materials is very challenging since water molecules can readily disturb traditional noncovalent bonds, such as saturate the hydrogen bonds, coordinate with the metal cation, as well as solvate the ions. Here, a new type of dipole–dipole interactions is employed as the driving force, combining with highly polar and hydrophobic fluorinated polymers, to successfully demonstrate an underwater self‐healing elastomer. The polymer materials are transparent and stretchable. They can remain stable underwater for months without significant decay of mechanical properties. Upon mechanical damage, the material is able to self‐heal automatically in air, underwater, and under very harsh aqueous conditions (including seawater, highly acidic media, and highly basic media, etc.).
- Authors:
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- Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China); Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States)
- Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1612453
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1479528
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0016269; DE‐SC0016269
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 30; Journal Issue: 49; Journal ID: ISSN 0935-9648
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; dipole-dipole interactions; fluorinated polymers; stretchable conductors; transparent elastomers; underwater self-healing
Citation Formats
Cao, Yue, Wu, Haiping, Allec, Sarah I., Wong, Bryan M., Nguyen, Dai-Scott, and Wang, Chao. A Highly Stretchy, Transparent Elastomer with the Capability to Automatically Self-Heal Underwater. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1002/adma.201804602.
Cao, Yue, Wu, Haiping, Allec, Sarah I., Wong, Bryan M., Nguyen, Dai-Scott, & Wang, Chao. A Highly Stretchy, Transparent Elastomer with the Capability to Automatically Self-Heal Underwater. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201804602
Cao, Yue, Wu, Haiping, Allec, Sarah I., Wong, Bryan M., Nguyen, Dai-Scott, and Wang, Chao. 2018.
"A Highly Stretchy, Transparent Elastomer with the Capability to Automatically Self-Heal Underwater". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201804602. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1612453.
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title = {A Highly Stretchy, Transparent Elastomer with the Capability to Automatically Self-Heal Underwater},
author = {Cao, Yue and Wu, Haiping and Allec, Sarah I. and Wong, Bryan M. and Nguyen, Dai-Scott and Wang, Chao},
abstractNote = {Abstract Polymer materials that are able to self‐heal in humid conditions or even in water are highly desirable for their industrial applications. However, the development of underwater self‐healing polymer materials is very challenging since water molecules can readily disturb traditional noncovalent bonds, such as saturate the hydrogen bonds, coordinate with the metal cation, as well as solvate the ions. Here, a new type of dipole–dipole interactions is employed as the driving force, combining with highly polar and hydrophobic fluorinated polymers, to successfully demonstrate an underwater self‐healing elastomer. The polymer materials are transparent and stretchable. They can remain stable underwater for months without significant decay of mechanical properties. Upon mechanical damage, the material is able to self‐heal automatically in air, underwater, and under very harsh aqueous conditions (including seawater, highly acidic media, and highly basic media, etc.).},
doi = {10.1002/adma.201804602},
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journal = {Advanced Materials},
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number = 49,
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Tue Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
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