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Self-healing thermoplastic elastomers

Self-healing thermoplastic elastomers Craig J. Hawker, University of California – Santa Barbara, DMR-0520415 , DMR-0520415.

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Self-healing thermoplastic elastomers

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  1. Self-healing thermoplastic elastomers • Craig J. Hawker, University of California – Santa Barbara, DMR-0520415 • , DMR-0520415 A new class of thermoplastic elastomers has been made consisting of soft, rubbery polymers modified with very strong but reversibly associating ‘sitcky’ groups. With only a slight modification, viscous polymer liquids are transformed into elastic solids capable of forming self-supporting films. The properties of such materials can be finely tuned through the underlying chemical structure, and the reversibility of the ‘sticky’ interaction gives them strong adhesive and self-healing characteristics. K.E. Feldman, M.J. Kade, T.F.A. de Greef, E.W. Meijer, E.J. Kramer, C.J. Hawker. Macromolecules, 2008, 41 (13), pp 4694–4700 K.E. Feldman, M.J. Kade, E.W. Meijer, C.J. Hawker, E.J. Kramer. (In preparation)

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