Conditional repair by locally switching the thermal healing capability of dynamic covalent polymers with light.
Conditional repair by locally switching the thermal healing capability of dynamic covalent polymers with light.
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10.1038/ncomms13623
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发表时间:
2016-12-12
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Hecht, Stefan
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Fuhrmann, Anne;Goestl, Robert;Wendt, Robert;Koetteritzsch, Julia;Hager, Martin D.;Schubert, Ulrich S.;Brademann-Jock, Kerstin;Thuenemann, Andreas F.;Noechel, Ulrich;Behl, Marc;Hecht, Stefan
Healable materials could play an important role in reducing the environmental footprint of our modern technological society through extending the life cycles of consumer products and constructions. However, as most healing processes are carried out by heat alone, the ability to heal damage generally kills the parent material's thermal and mechanical properties. Here we present a dynamic covalent polymer network whose thermal healing ability can be switched ‘on' and ‘off' on demand by light, thereby providing local control over repair while retaining the advantageous macroscopic properties of static polymer networks. We employ a photoswitchable furan-based crosslinker, which reacts with short and mobile maleimide-substituted poly(lauryl methacrylate) chains forming strong covalent bonds while simultaneously allowing the reversible, spatiotemporally resolved control over thermally induced de- and re-crosslinking. We reason that our system can be adapted to more complex materials and has the potential to impact applications in responsive coatings, photolithography and microfabrication. Healable materials are typically repaired by heat, which can affect the properties of the substance. Here the authors report a dynamic covalent polymer network in which light can switch the healing abilities on or off, allowing healing at defined locations without affecting the polymer as a whole.
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