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Self‐Healing Supramolecular Block Copolymers
Author(s) -
Hentschel Jens,
Kushner Aaron M.,
Ziller Joseph,
Guan Zhibin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201204840
Subject(s) - copolymer , thermoplastic elastomer , supramolecular chemistry , materials science , polymer chemistry , acrylate , polystyrene , supramolecular polymers , elastomer , self healing , thermoplastic , polymer , polymer science , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , molecule , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Polymer, heal thyself! Supramolecular ABA triblock copolymers formed by dimerization of 2‐ureido‐4‐pyrimidinone (UPy) end‐functionalized polystyrene‐ b ‐poly( n ‐butyl acrylate) (PS‐ b ‐PBA) AB diblock copolymers have been synthesized, resulting in a self‐healing material that combines the advantageous mechanical properties of thermoplastic elastomers and the dynamic self‐healing features of supramolecular materials.