Print Email Facebook Twitter Contributions of hard and soft blocks in the self-healing of metal-ligand-containing block copolymers Title Contributions of hard and soft blocks in the self-healing of metal-ligand-containing block copolymers Author Bose, R.K. (TU Delft Novel Aerospace Materials) Enke, Marcel (Friedrich Schiller University Jena) Grande, A.M. (TU Delft Novel Aerospace Materials) Zechel, Stefan (Friedrich Schiller University Jena) Schacher, Felix H. (Friedrich Schiller University Jena) Hager, Martin D. (Friedrich Schiller University Jena) Garcia, Santiago J. (TU Delft Novel Aerospace Materials) Schubert, Ulrich S. (Friedrich Schiller University Jena) van der Zwaag, S. (TU Delft Novel Aerospace Materials) Date 2017-08-01 Abstract The main aim of this work is to study the respective contribution of the hard and soft blocks of a metal-ligand containing block copolymer to the self-healing behavior. To this aim, different block copolymers containing terpyridine were synthesized using reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. These block copolymers consisted of polystyrene as the hard block, n-butyl acrylate (BA) as soft block and terpyridine units as the ligand moiety placed at different locations in the soft block. These block copolymers were complexed with manganese(II) chloride to introduce transient crosslinks and, thus, self-healing behavior. Homopolymers with the hard and soft block only were also synthesized and tested. A quasi-irreversible crosslinking, i.e. by using nickel(II) nitrate, was performed in order to study the dynamics of the permanently (strongly) crosslinked network. Rheological master curves were generated enabling the determination of the terminal flow in these networks and the reversibility of the supramolecular interactions. Additionally, the macroscopic scratch healing behavior and the molecular mobility of the polymer chains in these supramolecular networks were investigated. A kinetic study of the scratch healing was performed to determine the similarities in temperature dependence for rheological relaxations and macroscopic scratch healing. In our previous work, we have explored the effect of strength of the reversible metal-ligand interaction and the effect of changing the ratio of hard to soft block. This work goes further in separating the individual contributions of the hard and soft blocks as well as the reversible interactions and to reveal their relative importance in the complex phenomenon of scratch healing. Subject Block-copolymerMetallopolymerRheologySelf-healing polymerSupramolecular network To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:63dd89ae-5394-4fd3-8fce-f739ca4bf0a0 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2017.06.020 ISSN 0014-3057 Source European Polymer Journal, 93, 417-427 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2017 R.K. Bose, Marcel Enke, A.M. Grande, Stefan Zechel, Felix H. Schacher, Martin D. Hager, Santiago J. Garcia, Ulrich S. Schubert, S. van der Zwaag Files PDF 1_s2.0_S0014305717306298_main.pdf 842.58 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:63dd89ae-5394-4fd3-8fce-f739ca4bf0a0/datastream/OBJ/view