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A highly stretchable autonomous self-healing elastomer

Overview of attention for article published in Nature Chemistry, April 2016
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Title
A highly stretchable autonomous self-healing elastomer
Published in
Nature Chemistry, April 2016
DOI 10.1038/nchem.2492
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Authors

Cheng-Hui Li, Chao Wang, Christoph Keplinger, Jing-Lin Zuo, Lihua Jin, Yang Sun, Peng Zheng, Yi Cao, Franziska Lissel, Christian Linder, Xiao-Zeng You, Zhenan Bao

Abstract

It is a challenge to synthesize materials that possess the properties of biological muscles-strong, elastic and capable of self-healing. Herein we report a network of poly(dimethylsiloxane) polymer chains crosslinked by coordination complexes that combines high stretchability, high dielectric strength, autonomous self-healing and mechanical actuation. The healing process can take place at a temperature as low as -20 °C and is not significantly affected by surface ageing and moisture. The crosslinking complexes used consist of 2,6-pyridinedicarboxamide ligands that coordinate to Fe(III) centres through three different interactions: a strong pyridyl-iron one, and two weaker carboxamido-iron ones through both the nitrogen and oxygen atoms of the carboxamide groups. As a result, the iron-ligand bonds can readily break and re-form while the iron centres still remain attached to the ligands through the stronger interaction with the pyridyl ring, which enables reversible unfolding and refolding of the chains. We hypothesize that this behaviour supports the high stretchability and self-healing capability of the material.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 9 1%
Germany 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Chile 1 <1%
Japan 1 <1%
Israel 1 <1%
Unknown 844 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 239 28%
Researcher 103 12%
Student > Master 100 12%
Student > Bachelor 72 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 44 5%
Other 103 12%
Unknown 197 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Chemistry 220 26%
Materials Science 158 18%
Engineering 133 16%
Chemical Engineering 49 6%
Physics and Astronomy 11 1%
Other 48 6%
Unknown 239 28%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 290. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 August 2023.
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#120,709
of 25,389,532 outputs
Outputs from Nature Chemistry
#37
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#2,288
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Outputs of similar age from Nature Chemistry
#4
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