Accelerating dynamic exchange and self-healing using mechanical forces in crosslinked polymers
Nethmi De Alwis Watuthanthrige, Ballal Ahammed, Madison T. Dolan, Qinghua Fang, Jian Wu, Jessica L. Sparks, Mehdi B. Zanjani, Dominik Konkolewicz, Zhijiang Ye
Abstract
Surprisingly, a few seconds–minutes of compression at room temperature can increase the rate of dynamic bond exchange as measured by better self-healing, even for thermoresponsive dynamic bonds which do not exchange under ambient conditions.
Topics & Concepts
Self-healingMaterials sciencePolymerSelf-healing materialComposite materialCompression (physics)NanotechnologyPathologyMedicineAlternative medicinePolymer composites and self-healingSynthetic Organic Chemistry MethodsFuel Cells and Related Materials