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A Three-Armed Polymer with Tunable Self-Assembly and Self-Healing Properties Based on Benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide and Metal-Ligand Interactions.

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The dynamic nature of supramolecules makes them useful in the fields of smart devices. The combination of multiple dynamic interactions in one material may bring some enhanced properties in mechanical… Click to show full abstract

The dynamic nature of supramolecules makes them useful in the fields of smart devices. The combination of multiple dynamic interactions in one material may bring some enhanced properties in mechanical property, self-healing property, or recyclability. Thus, it is significantly meaningful to design new materials with multi-dynamic bonds and clarify their bonding mechanisms. Here, a novel three-armed polymer based on benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide (BTA) is developed and the polymer could be further complexed by metal ions to form dynamic zinc-imidazole interactions. In this system, BTA is located in the center, and the ligand-functionalized monomer is copolymerized with n-butyl acrylate to form three chains. This is the first time BTA is introduced to a self-healing system to endow the polymer with assembly and self-healing properties. The composition, chemical structure, assembly behavior, mechanical properties, and self-healing properties of the polymer are investigated. It is revealed that the assembly behavior of the polymer depends on the BTA contents and time. The mechanical property can be easily tuned by ligand/metal ratio and is significantly adjusted by the polymer chain length and environment humidity. Long polymer chains not only contribute to good mechanical property but also promote the self-healing process due to the effective physical entanglement.

Keywords: armed polymer; three armed; polymer; healing properties; self healing; ligand

Journal Title: Macromolecular rapid communications
Year Published: 2019

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