Mechanically Robust and Highly Transparent Polyurethane Elastomer With Excellent Adhesion Enabled by Hierarchical Hydrogen Bonds
Chenrui Zhang
College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
Contribution: Data curation (lead), Investigation (lead), Writing - original draft (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorQingchuang Lu
College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Investigation (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorMeng Song
School of Materials Electronics and Energy Storage, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, China
Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Funding acquisition (lead), Software (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorZhenyang Luo
College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
Institute of Polymer Materials, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
Contribution: Conceptualization (supporting), Supervision (lead)
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Lei Duan
School of Chemical Engineering and Materials, Changzhou Institute of Technology, Changzhou, China
Correspondence:
Lei Duan ([email protected])
Yanlong Luo ([email protected])
Contribution: Funding acquisition (equal), Validation (lead), Writing - review & editing (equal)
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Yanlong Luo
College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
Institute of Polymer Materials, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
Correspondence:
Lei Duan ([email protected])
Yanlong Luo ([email protected])
Contribution: Conceptualization (lead), Supervision (lead), Writing - review & editing (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorChenrui Zhang
College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
Contribution: Data curation (lead), Investigation (lead), Writing - original draft (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorQingchuang Lu
College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Investigation (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorMeng Song
School of Materials Electronics and Energy Storage, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, China
Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Funding acquisition (lead), Software (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorZhenyang Luo
College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
Institute of Polymer Materials, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
Contribution: Conceptualization (supporting), Supervision (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Lei Duan
School of Chemical Engineering and Materials, Changzhou Institute of Technology, Changzhou, China
Correspondence:
Lei Duan ([email protected])
Yanlong Luo ([email protected])
Contribution: Funding acquisition (equal), Validation (lead), Writing - review & editing (equal)
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Yanlong Luo
College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
Institute of Polymer Materials, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
Correspondence:
Lei Duan ([email protected])
Yanlong Luo ([email protected])
Contribution: Conceptualization (lead), Supervision (lead), Writing - review & editing (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorFunding: This work was supported by Training Program for Young Backbone Teachers in Henan Colleges and Universities (2021GGJS110); Key Projects of Science and Technology of Henan Province (242102230170); Changzhou Science and Technology Program (CJ20240069); Open Foundation of National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Mineral Salt Deep Utilization of Huaiyin Institute of Technology (SF202308).
ABSTRACT
Many high-strength polyurethane materials have been developed in the past, but combining other functionalities such as high transparency, adhesion, and self-healing properties is still a great challenge. We prepare a mechanically robust polyurethane elastomer with high transparency and self-healability. The relationship between its structure and properties is elaborated. Acylsemicarbazide (ASCZ) and urethane groups are introduced into the hard segments of the polyurethane elastomer, and by modulating the spacer groups between the ASCZ and urethane groups, the fine modulation for the hydrogen bonding density and the hard domain size is realized. By the exquisite regulation of molecular structure, the HMDI-SPH elastomer with sebacic dihydrazide (SPH) as the chain extender, polytetramethylene ether glycol (PTMEG) as the soft segments, and methylene-bis(4-cyclohexyl isocyanate) (HMDI) as the isocyanate can achieve a high elasticity due to the rich and hierarchical hydrogen bonds. Such hydrogen bonds impede the crystallization of PTMEG and facilitate the formation of homogeneously distributed hard-phase microdomains. The HMDI-SPH elastomer exhibits good mechanical robustness (tensile strength of 45.7 MPa, toughness of ~140.8 MJ m−3), transparency (transmittance > 95%), and self-healing (self-healing efficiency of 86.6%). Meanwhile, HMDI-SPH has good adhesive strength on a variety of substrates such as walnut (~10.81 MPa) and steel (~14.60 MPa).
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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Data Availability Statement
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Data S1 Characteristic peak assignments of FTIR; summary of the assignment of the deconvoluted subpeaks in the FTIR C O absorption bands for HMDI-SPH, IPDI-SPH, HMDI-ID, and IPDI-ID elastomers. FTIR spectra of them elastomers in the carbonyl region with peak deconvolution; 0.15 g of HMDI-SPH elastomer lifting weight graphs; Two steel plates bonded to a 2 cm2 surface can lift 1.25 kg of weight plate in the direction perpendicular to the bonding surface; Plot of average binding energy data for six elastomers; true stress–strain curves calculation formula; Computational details related to MD simulations; Es-h of the polymer’s formula; The calculation of Eh-h. |
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