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Self-Healing of Covalently Cross-Linked Polymers by Reshuffling Thiuram Disulfide Moieties in Air under Visible Light

  1. Yoshifumi Amamoto1,2,
  2. Hideyuki Otsuka2,
  3. Atsushi Takahara2,*,
  4. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski1,*

Article first published online: 22 JUN 2012

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201201928

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 24, Issue 29, pages 3975–3980, August 2, 2012

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Amamoto, Y., Otsuka, H., Takahara, A. and Matyjaszewski, K. (2012), Self-Healing of Covalently Cross-Linked Polymers by Reshuffling Thiuram Disulfide Moieties in Air under Visible Light. Adv. Mater., 24: 3975–3980. doi: 10.1002/adma.201201928

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA

  2. 2

    Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan

*Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 24 JUL 2012
  2. Article first published online: 22 JUN 2012
  3. Manuscript Received: 13 MAY 2012

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Keywords:

  • gels;
  • polymerization;
  • self-healing;
  • reorganizable polymers;
  • cross-linked polymers
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Self-healing of covalently cross-linked polymers under an ambient visible light in the bulk state, in air, at room temperature using radical exchange of thiuram disulfide units is reported. The successful attachment of surfaces of cut pieces proceeded under ambient conditions under exposure to visible light from a commercial tabletop lamp, as confirmed by bending and tensile tests.

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