Issue 1, 2021

A self-reinforcing and self-healing elastomer with high strength, unprecedented toughness and room-temperature reparability

Abstract

The development of intrinsic self-healing elastomers with simultaneous high mechanical strength, toughness and room-temperature reparability remains a formidable challenge. Herein, we report a mechano-responsive strategy, known as strain induced crystallization, to address the above issue, whereby synthesized elastomers with unprecedented high mechanical performances are bestowed with room-temperature self-healing materials, achieving tensile strength, toughness and fracture energy values of 29.0 MPa, 121.8 MJ m−3 and 104.1 kJ m−2, respectively.

Graphical abstract: A self-reinforcing and self-healing elastomer with high strength, unprecedented toughness and room-temperature reparability

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
07 9 2020
Accepted
02 11 2020
First published
02 11 2020

Mater. Horiz., 2021,8, 267-275

A self-reinforcing and self-healing elastomer with high strength, unprecedented toughness and room-temperature reparability

Y. Li, W. Li, A. Sun, M. Jing, X. Liu, L. Wei, K. Wu and Q. Fu, Mater. Horiz., 2021, 8, 267 DOI: 10.1039/D0MH01447H

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