Unprecedented toughness in transparent, luminescent, self-healing polymers enabled <i>via</i> hierarchical rigid domain design
Di Zhao, Xinzhe Zhou, Huanrong Li, Jing Yang, Huanrong Li
Abstract
A novel luminescent self-healing elastomer, HPU-TPy0.25-Ln, is fabricated by hierarchical hard domain design. The obtained elastomers show high strength (11.21 MPa), unprecedented toughness (133.35 MJ m −3 ), and multi-color emission performance.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceLuminescencePolymerToughnessSelf-healingPolymerizationComposite materialChemical engineeringPolymer chemistryMedicineAlternative medicineOptoelectronicsPathologyEngineeringLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsDendrimers and Hyperbranched PolymersLanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes