Advances and Challenges of Self-Healing Elastomers: A Mini Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Healing Process of Intrinsic Self-Healing Polymers
3. Recent Advances of Self-Healing Elastomer with Fast Healing Speed
3.1. Thermally Triggered Fast Self-Healing Elastomers
3.2. Light Triggered Fast Self-Healing Elastomers
3.3. Mechanical Force Enhanced Fast Self-Healing Glassy Polymers
3.4. Room-Temperature Fast Self-Healing Elastomers
4. Conclusions and Outlook
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Dynamic Bonding | Pressure | Temperature (°C) | Time (h) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Disulfide bond | 10 bar | 70 | 7 | [59] |
Disulfide bond | 30 kPa | 70–90 | 1 | [60] |
Disulfide bond | 1 bar | 70 | 7 | [61] |
Disulfide bond | 0.01 MPa | 120 | 5 | [62] |
Disulfide bond | 1 bar | 70 | 7 | [63] |
Boron-based bond | Slight force | 40 | 6 | [64] |
Matrix | Healing Mechanism | T (°C) | t | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
poxy/TPU | Hydrogen bond | 80 | 10 min | [76] |
PLA/PEG/HPDMS | Diels-Alder reaction | 120 | 100 s | [77] |
TPUs | Disulfide bond | 50 | 1 h | [73] |
Polyacrylate composite | Hydrogen/Disulfide bonds | 60 | 5 min | [78] |
PCL-PU | Shape memory effects | 65 | 2 h | [79] |
PU | Diels-Alder reaction | 130 | 2 h | [80] |
TPU | Disulfide bond | 70 | 60 s | [81] |
Polyacrylate composite | Coordination bond | 60-80 | 10 min | [20] |
PCL | Disulfide bond | 60 | 1 h | [82] |
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Xu, J.; Zhu, L.; Nie, Y.; Li, Y.; Wei, S.; Chen, X.; Zhao, W.; Yan, S. Advances and Challenges of Self-Healing Elastomers: A Mini Review. Materials 2022, 15, 5993. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15175993
Xu J, Zhu L, Nie Y, Li Y, Wei S, Chen X, Zhao W, Yan S. Advances and Challenges of Self-Healing Elastomers: A Mini Review. Materials. 2022; 15(17):5993. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15175993
Chicago/Turabian StyleXu, Jun, Lei Zhu, Yongjia Nie, Yuan Li, Shicheng Wei, Xu Chen, Wenpeng Zhao, and Shouke Yan. 2022. "Advances and Challenges of Self-Healing Elastomers: A Mini Review" Materials 15, no. 17: 5993. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15175993
APA StyleXu, J., Zhu, L., Nie, Y., Li, Y., Wei, S., Chen, X., Zhao, W., & Yan, S. (2022). Advances and Challenges of Self-Healing Elastomers: A Mini Review. Materials, 15(17), 5993. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15175993