Tough and Healable Elastomers via Dynamic Integrated Moiety Comprising Covalent and Noncovalent Interactions

Xiaoyu Gao, Wenru Fan, Wei Zhu, Gao Jiuwei, Pengfang Zhang, Chen Wang, Xuewen Wang, Hesheng Xia, Zhenhua Wang, Wei Huang

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Abstract

Elastomers that combined excellent mechanical performance and healability are essential to the advancement of stretchable electronics. However, the strength and toughness of healable elastomers tend to be mutually exclusive. Herein, a new strategy of the dynamic integrated moiety is developed to construct covalent and noncovalent cross-linked polyurethane (CNPU) elastomers. The covalent and noncovalent interactions synergistically enhance the overall mechanical properties of polyurethane elastomers such as tensile strength (48.8 MPa), toughness (282.9 MJ·m-3), stretchability (1740%), and healing efficiency (116%). Finally, elastic conductive wires are fabricated with high load capacity, stable electrical conductivity under static/dynamic stretching, and robust healability to demonstrate the potential use of CNPU elastomers in stretchable electronics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2981-2988
Number of pages8
JournalChemistry of Materials
Volume34
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Apr 2022

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