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Chem. Commun., 2009, 6717 - 6719, DOI: 10.1039/b910648k


A self-repairing, supramolecular polymer system: healability as a consequence of donor–acceptor stacking interactions

Stefano Burattini, Howard M. Colquhoun, Justin D. Fox, Donia Friedmann, Barnaby W. Greenland, Peter J. F. Harris, Wayne Hayes, Michael E. Mackay and Stuart J. Rowan


A novel supramolecular polymer system, in which the terminal pyrenyl groups of a polyamide intercalate into the chain-folds of a polyimide via electronically-complementary stacking, shows both enhanced mechanical properties relative to those of its individual components and facile healing characteristics as a result of the thermoreversibility of non-covalent interactions.

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