Two-way conversion between hard and soft properties of semicrystalline cross-linked polymer
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A semicrystalline cross-linked polymer exhibiting two-way conversion between totally different mechanical properties was obtained. Furyl-telechelic poly(1,4-butylene succinate- co -1,3-propylene succinate) prepolymer (PBPSF 2 ) was prepared and polymerized with tris-maleimide linker (M 3 ) by the Diels−Alder (DA) reaction in the bulk state. The DA reactions with M 3 above and below the melting temperature of PBPSF 2 gave network polymers with relatively soft and hard properties, respectively, though the degrees of crystallinity of them were very similar. The large difference in mechanical properties was attributed to the difference in size of crystallites. By combining the two dynamic processes of melt−recrystallization and depolymerization−repolymerization, we can freely convert the PBPSF 2 + M 3 system back and forth between hard and soft materials.
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Permanent systems such as crosslinked semi-crystalline polymers, nematic liquid-crystalline elastomers, and glass-forming polydomain nematic networks open the door to the design of polymeric actuators.
“It has been reported that permanent systems, such as crosslinked semi-crystalline polymers [84-86], nematic liquid-crystalline elastomers [87], and glass-forming polydomain nematic networks [88], open the door to the design of polymeric actuators.”
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- Authors
- Ishida, K., & Yoshie, N.
- Affiliations
- Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Yoshie, Naoko
- ORCID
- Yoshie, Naoko
- Venue
- Macromolecules
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2008-06-11
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 13
- Pages
- 4753-4757
- ISSN
- 0024-9297 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-5835
- OpenAlex
- W1991223149
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- 66
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- 21
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- FWCI
- 3.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Macromolecules (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Polymer composites and self-healing
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Polymer crystallization and properties
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Keywords
- Diels-Alder reaction, polymer networks, crystallite size, melt recrystallization, mechanical properties, crystallinity
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