A self-reinforcing and self-healing elastomer with high strength, unprecedented toughness and room-temperature reparability
Yuhan Li, Wenjuan Li, Ailing Sun, Mengfan Jing, Xingjiang Liu, Liuhe Wei, Kai Wu, Qiang Fu
Abstract
A mechano-responsive strategy, known as strain-induced crystallization, is proposed to tailor room-temperature self-healing, highly mechanically-strong and unprecedentedly tough polyurethane elastomers.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceElastomerSelf-healingToughnessComposite materialUltimate tensile strengthSelf-healing materialFracture toughnessMechanical strengthPolymerMedicinePathologyAlternative medicinePolymer composites and self-healingElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsAdvanced Materials and Mechanics