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Using the dynamic bond to access macroscopically responsive structurally dynamic polymers
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The emergence of a new trend in the design of adaptive materials that involves the use of reversible chemistry to programme a response that originates at the most fundamental (molecular) level is described.Abstract:
In chemistry, some dynamic bonds can be selectively and reversibly broken and reformed in response to an environmental stimulus. This Review article discusses the incorporation of dynamic bonds, or interactions, in polymeric materials and the structural changes and macroscopic responses observed in the presence of different stimuli.read more
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Emerging applications of stimuli-responsive polymer materials
Martien A. Cohen Stuart,Wilhelm T. S. Huck,Jan Genzer,Marcus Müller,Christopher K. Ober,Manfred Stamm,Gleb B. Sukhorukov,Igal Szleifer,Vladimir V. Tsukruk,Marek W. Urban,Françoise M. Winnik,Stefan Zauscher,Igor Luzinov,Sergiy Minko +13 more
TL;DR: This work reviews recent advances and challenges in the developments towards applications of stimuli-responsive polymeric materials that are self-assembled from nanostructured building blocks and provides a critical outline of emerging developments.
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Systems biology: a brief overview.
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Autonomic healing of polymer composites
Scott R. White,Nancy R. Sottos,Philippe H. Geubelle,Jeffrey S. Moore,Jeffrey S. Moore,Michael R. Kessler,Suresh R. Sriram,Suresh R. Sriram,Eric Brown,S. Viswanathan +9 more
TL;DR: A structural polymeric material with the ability to autonomically heal cracks is reported, which incorporates a microencapsulated healing agent that is released upon crack intrusion and polymerization of the healing agent is triggered by contact with an embedded catalyst, bonding the crack faces.
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Shape memory polymers
Robert Langer,Andreas Lendlein +1 more
TL;DR: A very broad, additional spectrum of possible applications for intelligent polymers that covers an area from minimally invasive surgery, through high-performance textiles, up to self-repairing plastic components in every kind of transportation vehicles.
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Self-healing and thermoreversible rubber from supramolecular assembly
TL;DR: The design and synthesis of molecules that associate together to form both chains and cross-links via hydrogen bonds and the system shows recoverable extensibility up to several hundred per cent and little creep under load are designed and synthesized.