Abstract
A novel and non-cytotoxic self-healing supramolecular elastomer (SE) is synthesized with small-molecular biological acids by hydrogen-bonding interactions. The synthesized SEs behave as rubber at room temperature without additional plasticizers or crosslinkers, which is attributed to the phase-separated structure. The SE material exhibits outstanding self-healing capability at room temperature and essential non-cytotoxicity, which makes it a potential candidate for biomedical applications.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1603-1610 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Macromolecular Rapid Communications |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 19 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Oct 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- biological acids
- hydrogen bonding
- non-cytotoxicity
- self-healing materials
- supramolecular elastomers