Abstract
Polymeric materials play critical role in many current technologies. Among them, adaptive polymeric materials with dynamic (reversible) bonds exhibit unique properties and provide exciting opportunities for various future technologies. Dynamic bonds enable structural rearrangements in polymer networks in specific conditions. Replacement of a few covalent bonds by dynamic bonds can enhance polymeric properties, e.g., strongly improve the toughness and the adhesive properties of polymers. Moreover, they provide recyclability and enable new properties, such as self-healing and shape memory effects. We briefly overview new developments in the field of polymers with dynamic bonds and current understanding of their dynamic properties. We further highlight several examples of unique properties of polymers with dynamic bonds and provide our perspectives for them to be used in many current and future applications.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 9389-9401 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Journal of Physical Chemistry B |
| Volume | 125 |
| Issue number | 33 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 26 2021 |
Funding
This study was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Sciences and Engineering Division. S.S. acknowledges support by the NSF Polymer program under Award DMR-1904657.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| National Science Foundation | DMR-1904657 |
| U.S. Department of Energy | |
| Office of Science | |
| Basic Energy Sciences | |
| Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering |