Issue 10, 2023

A strain-reinforcing elastomer adhesive with superior adhesive strength and toughness

Abstract

Strong and ductile adhesives often undergo both interfacial and cohesive failure during the debonding process. Herein, we report a rare self-reinforcing polyurethane adhesive that shows the different phenomenon of only interfacial failure yet still exhibiting superior adhesive strength and toughness. It is synthesized by designing a hanging adhesive moiety, hierarchical H-bond moieties, and a crystallizable soft segment into one macromolecular polyurethane. The former hanging adhesive moiety allows the hot-melt adhesive to effectively associate with the target substrate, providing sufficient adhesion energy; the latter hierarchical H-bond moieties and a crystallizable soft segment cooperate to enable the adhesive to undergo large lap-shear deformations through sacrificing weak bonds and mechano-responsive strength through the fundamental mechanism of strain-induced crystallization. As a result, this polyurethane adhesive can keep itself intact during the debonding process while still withstanding a high lap-shear strength and dissipating tremendous stress energy. Its adhesive strength and work of debonding are as high as 11.37 MPa and 10.32 kN m−1, respectively, outperforming most reported tough adhesives. This self-reinforcing adhesive is regarded as a new member of the family of strong and ductile adhesives, which will provide innovative chemical and structural inspirations for future conveniently detachable yet high-performance adhesives.

Graphical abstract: A strain-reinforcing elastomer adhesive with superior adhesive strength and toughness

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Mezh. 2023
Accepted
28 Goue. 2023
First published
28 Goue. 2023

Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 4183-4191

A strain-reinforcing elastomer adhesive with superior adhesive strength and toughness

C. Li, W. Dong, L. Li, Z. Dou, Y. Li, L. Wei, Q. Zhang, Q. Fu and K. Wu, Mater. Horiz., 2023, 10, 4183 DOI: 10.1039/D3MH00966A

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