Issue 4, 2024

Ductile adhesive elastomers with force-triggered ultra-high adhesion strength

Abstract

Elastomers play a vital role in many forthcoming advanced technologies in which their adhesive properties determine materials’ interface performance. Despite great success in improving the adhesive properties of elastomers, permanent adhesives tend to stick to the surfaces prematurely or result in poor contact depending on the installation method. Thus, elastomers with on-demand adhesion that is not limited to being triggered by UV light or heat, which may not be practical for scenarios that do not allow an additional external source, provide a solution to various challenges in conventional adhesive elastomers. Herein, we report a novel, ready-to-use, ultra high-strength, ductile adhesive elastomer with an on-demand adhesion feature that can be easily triggered by a compression force. The precursor is mainly composed of a capsule-separated, two-component curing system. After a force-trigger and curing process, the ductile adhesive elastomer exhibits a peel strength and a lap shear strength of 1.2 × 104 N m−1 and 7.8 × 103 kPa, respectively, which exceed the reported values for advanced ductile adhesive elastomers. The ultra-high adhesion force is attributed to the excellent surface contact of the liquid-like precursor and to the high elastic modulus of the cured elastomer that is reinforced by a two-phase design. Incorporation of such on-demand adhesion into an elastomer enables a controlled delay between installation and curing so that these can take place under their individual ideal conditions, effectively reducing the energy cost, preventing failures, and improving installation processes.

Graphical abstract: Ductile adhesive elastomers with force-triggered ultra-high adhesion strength

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 8 2023
Accepted
21 11 2023
First published
06 12 2023

Mater. Horiz., 2024,11, 969-977

Ductile adhesive elastomers with force-triggered ultra-high adhesion strength

X. Zhao, Z. Demchuk, J. Tian, J. Luo, B. Li, K. Cao, A. P. Sokolov, D. Hun, T. Saito and P. Cao, Mater. Horiz., 2024, 11, 969 DOI: 10.1039/D3MH01280H

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