Mendable polymers refer to the polymers that contain reversible bonds that can mend damage when they are impacted, which ultimately extends their lifetime.
Polymers with Diels-Alder (DA) adducts, disulfide bonds, dynamic urea bonds, π–π interaction, and hydrogen bonding are some of the mendable polymers.
Figure104.1 Reversible polymer crosslinking via Diels-Alder cycloaddition reaction between furan and maleimide.
Source:Adapted with permission from Yoshiki Chujo, Kazuki Sada, Takeo Saegusa, Reversible gelation of polyoxazoline by means of Diels-Alder reaction, Macromolecules, doi:10.1021/ma00212a007 ...
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