Leibniz-institut Fur Neue Materialien Gemeinnutzige Gmbh

Universitaet Des Saarlandes

Universität Des Saarlandes

Inm - Leibniz-institut Für Neue Materialien Gemeinnützige Gmbh

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Carsten Becker-Willinger

Gerhard Wenz

Harley Eisenbarth

Jessica Hilschmann

Gergely Kali

Nina Mueller

David Hafner

Peter-William De Oliveira

Jessica Brunke

Budiman Ali

Gisela Heppe

A self-healing composite material includes at least one cross-linked polyrotaxane and at least one organically modified inorganic hybrid material which comprises functional groups (B) or at least one type of surface-modified inorganic particles which have functional groups (B) on their surface. The polyrotaxane is a cross-linked polyrotaxane and at least two of the threaded ring-shaped molecules are cross-linked by linking of the functional groups (A) and (B).

Nanostructured composite materials with self-healing properties

In one embodiment the invention relates to a method of preparing a polyrotaxane, said method comprising: performing a radical copolymerization of at least (a) a first polymerizable monomer having a stopper group, and of at least (b) a second polymerizable hydrophobic monomer, wherein said second monomer is complexed by a ring-shaped molecule, and of at least (c) a third polymerizable hydrophilic monomer; wherein during said copolymerization a copolymer threading said ring-shaped molecule is formed, wherein during said copolymerization said first monomer having a stopper group is incorporated into the chain of said copolymer at least partially between the ends thereof, and wherein said stopper groups prevent said ring-shaped molecule from disassembling from the copolymer; and wherein the amount of said first monomer having a stopper group is of from 0.1 mol % to 20 mol % based on 100 mol % of the total amount of polymerizable monomers. In another embodiment the invention relates to a method of preparing a polyrotaxane, said method comprising: performing a radical copolymerization of at least (a) a first polymerizable monomer having a stopper group, and of at least (b) a second polymerizable partially hydrophilic monomer, wherein said second monomer is complexed by a ring-shaped molecule, and wherein said second monomer has a solubility in water at 20&#xb0; C. of from 5 g/L to 40 g/L; wherein during said copolymerization a copolymer threading said ring-shaped molecule is formed, wherein during said copolymerization said first monomer having a stopper group is incorporated into the chain of said copolymer at least partially between the ends thereof, and wherein said stopper groups prevent said ring-shaped molecule from disassembling from the copolymer; and wherein the amount of said first monomer having a stopper group is of from 0.1 mol % to 20 mol % based on 100 mol % of the total amount of polymerizable monomers. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods of preparing cross-linked polyrotaxanes and cross-linked polyrotaxanes which can be prepared using such methods. Thus, the present invention also relates to polyrotaxane and crosslinked polyrotaxanes. The invention also relates to products which contain the polyrotaxanes or cross-linked polyrotaxanes or which can be prepared from the polyrotaxanes or the cross-linked polyrotaxanes. The present invention further relates to the use of polyrotaxanes or cross-linked polyrotaxanes in various applications, such as the use as a self-healing material.

Method of preparing a polyrotaxane and polyrotaxane

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