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Chemical Communications

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

Stefano Burattini,a   Howard M. Colquhoun,*a   Justin D. Fox,b   Donia Friedmann,c   Barnaby W. Greenland,a   Peter J. F. Harris,a   Wayne Hayes,a   Michael E. Mackayc  and  Stuart J. Rowanb  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, UK
E-mail: h.m.colquhoun@rdg.ac.uk
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b Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, 2100 Adelbert Road, Kent Hale Smith Building, Cleveland, USA

c Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, USA

Abstract

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 π–π 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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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B910648K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Qas 2009
Accepted
25 Leq 2009
First published
09 Way 2009

Chem. Commun., 2009, 6717-6719

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

S. Burattini, H. M. Colquhoun, J. D. Fox, D. Friedmann, B. W. Greenland, P. J. F. Harris, W. Hayes, M. E. Mackay and S. J. Rowan, Chem. Commun., 2009, 6717 DOI: 10.1039/B910648K

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