Self‐Healing Ionomers
Self‐Healing Ionomers
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10.1002/9783527670185.ch13
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2013-06
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N. Hohlbein;M. V. Tapavicza;A. Nellesen;A. Schmidt
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N. Hohlbein;M. V. Tapavicza;A. Nellesen;A. Schmidt
Non-covalent ionic bindings play an important role in nature’s self-healing procedures. One example is the role of cations in the coagulation of natural latex. These cations are needed to dimerize two protein molecules and in this way enable the proteins to attach to latex particles, initiating the coagulation-based wound repair process (Figure 13.1)[1, 2]. A possibility to transfer this concept to synthetic polymers is to equip polymer chains with ionic groups and to add an adequate counter ion to the polymer matrix. These ionic groups aggregate to larger complexes, which contribute strongly to the intermolecular binding capacity. When such a complex is destroyed due to a crack, it can be reformed after a short relaxation period. For this concept to be successful, it is necessary that the polymer matrix provides enough mobility on a molecular level, so that the polymer chains can rearrange and interpenetrate. The properties of a self-healing ionomeric polymer can be easily varied by adapting the ionic content and by using different counterions. In contrast to other self-healing concepts, that are based on a chemical healing-reaction, the ionomeric healing process is reproducible and provides the material with a persistent and repeated self-healing functionality.