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Germann LS, Carlino E, Taurino A, Magdysyuk OV, Voinovich D, Dinnebier RE, Bučar D, Hasa D. Modulating Thermal Properties of Polymers through Crystal Engineering. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202212688. [PMID: 36617841 PMCID: PMC10947328 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202212688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2022] [Revised: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Abstract
Crystal engineering has exclusively focused on the development of advanced materials based on small organic molecules. We now demonstrate how the cocrystallization of a polymer yields a material with significantly enhanced thermal stability but equivalent mechanical flexibility. Isomorphous replacement of one of the cocrystal components enables the formation of solid solutions with melting points that can be readily fine-tuned over a usefully wide temperature range. The results of this study credibly extend the scope of crystal engineering and cocrystallization from small molecules to polymers.
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- Luzia S. Germann
- Max Planck Institute for Solid State ResearchHeisenberg Straße 170569StuttgartGermany
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- Istituto di Cristallografia—Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IC—CNR)Via Amendola 122/O70126BariItaly
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- Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IMM—CNR)Via Monteroni73100LecceItaly
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd.Harwell Science and Innovation CampusDidcotOX11 0DEUK
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical SciencesUniversity of TriesteVia Giorgieri 134127TriesteItaly
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- Max Planck Institute for Solid State ResearchHeisenberg Straße 170569StuttgartGermany
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity College London20 Gordon StreetLondonWC1H 0AJUK
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical SciencesUniversity of TriesteVia Giorgieri 134127TriesteItaly
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Karothu DP, Mahmoud Halabi J, Ahmed E, Ferreira R, Spackman PR, Spackman MA, Naumov P. Global Analysis of the Mechanical Properties of Organic Crystals. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202113988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Durga Prasad Karothu
- Smart Materials Lab New York University Abu Dhabi PO Box 129188 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
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- Smart Materials Lab New York University Abu Dhabi PO Box 129188 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
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- Smart Materials Lab New York University Abu Dhabi PO Box 129188 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
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- Smart Materials Lab New York University Abu Dhabi PO Box 129188 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
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- The University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway 6009 Perth Australia
- Current address: Curtin Institute for Computation School of Molecular and Life Sciences Curtin University PO Box U1987 Perth Western Australia 6845 Australia
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- The University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway 6009 Perth Australia
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- Smart Materials Lab New York University Abu Dhabi PO Box 129188 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
- Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Harvard University 10 Garden St. Cambridge MA 02138 USA
- Molecular Design Institute Department of Chemistry New York University 100 Washington Square East New York NY 10003 USA
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Karothu DP, Halabi JM, Ahmed E, Ferreira R, Spackman PR, Spackman MA, Naumov P. Global Analysis of the Mechanical Properties of Organic Crystals. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202113988. [PMID: 34845806 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202113988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Organic crystals, although widely studied, have not been considered nascent candidate materials in the engineering design. Here we summarize the reported mechanical properties of organic crystals reported over the past three decades, and we establish a global mechanical property profile that can be used to predict and identify mechanically robust organic crystals. Being composed of light elements, organic crystals populate a narrow region in the mechanical property-density space between soft, disordered organic materials and stiff, ordered materials. Two subsets of extraordinarily stiff and hard organic crystalline materials were identified and rationalized by the normalized number density, strength and directionality of their intermolecular interactions. We conclude that the future light-weight, soft, all-organic components in devices should capitalize on the combination of long-range structural order and softness as the greatest asset of organic single crystals.
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- New York University - Abu Dhabi Campus, Science, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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- New York University - Abu Dhabi Campus, Science, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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- New York University Abu Dhabi, Division of Science and Mathematics, Saadiyat Island, 00000, Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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Zhang C, Liang H, Liang D, Lin Z, Chen Q, Feng P, Wang Q. Renewable Castor‐Oil‐based Waterborne Polyurethane Networks: Simultaneously Showing High Strength, Self‐Healing, Processability and Tunable Multishape Memory. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202014299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Chaoqun Zhang
- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education College of Materials and Energy South China Agricultural University 483 Wushan Road Guangzhou 510642 China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture Guangzhou 510642 China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education College of Materials and Energy South China Agricultural University 483 Wushan Road Guangzhou 510642 China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture Guangzhou 510642 China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education College of Materials and Energy South China Agricultural University 483 Wushan Road Guangzhou 510642 China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture Guangzhou 510642 China
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- Department of Chemistry Jinan University and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications Guangzhou 510632 China
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- College of Animal Science South China Agricultural University, National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agro-Animal Genomics Guangzhou 510642 China
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- Department of Chemistry Jinan University and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications Guangzhou 510632 China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education College of Materials and Energy South China Agricultural University 483 Wushan Road Guangzhou 510642 China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture Guangzhou 510642 China
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Zhang C, Liang H, Liang D, Lin Z, Chen Q, Feng P, Wang Q. Renewable Castor‐Oil‐based Waterborne Polyurethane Networks: Simultaneously Showing High Strength, Self‐Healing, Processability and Tunable Multishape Memory. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 60:4289-4299. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202014299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Chaoqun Zhang
- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education College of Materials and Energy South China Agricultural University 483 Wushan Road Guangzhou 510642 China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture Guangzhou 510642 China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education College of Materials and Energy South China Agricultural University 483 Wushan Road Guangzhou 510642 China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture Guangzhou 510642 China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education College of Materials and Energy South China Agricultural University 483 Wushan Road Guangzhou 510642 China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture Guangzhou 510642 China
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- Department of Chemistry Jinan University and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications Guangzhou 510632 China
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- College of Animal Science South China Agricultural University, National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agro-Animal Genomics Guangzhou 510642 China
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- Department of Chemistry Jinan University and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications Guangzhou 510632 China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education College of Materials and Energy South China Agricultural University 483 Wushan Road Guangzhou 510642 China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture Guangzhou 510642 China
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Wang W, Luo L, Sheng P, Zhang J, Zhang Q. Multifunctional Features of Organic Charge-Transfer Complexes: Advances and Perspectives. Chemistry 2020; 27:464-490. [PMID: 32627869 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
The recent progress of charge-transfer complexes (CTCs) for application in many fields, such as charge transport, light emission, nonlinear optics, photoelectric conversion, and external stimuli response, makes them promising candidates for practical utility in pharmaceuticals, electronics, photonics, luminescence, sensors, molecular electronics and so on. Multicomponent CTCs have been gradually designed and prepared as novel organic active semiconductors with ideal performance and stability compared to single components. In this review, we mainly focus on the recently reported development of various charge-transfer complexes and their performance in field-effect transistors, light-emitting devices, lasers, sensors, and stimuli-responsive behaviors.
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- Wei Wang
- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays &, Institute of Advanced Materials, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation, Center for Advanced Materials, Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays &, Institute of Advanced Materials, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation, Center for Advanced Materials, Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Material Laboratory of State Grid Corporation of China, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Transmission Technology, Global Energy Interconnection Research Institute, Beijing, 102211, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays &, Institute of Advanced Materials, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation, Center for Advanced Materials, Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore.,Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Liu H, Lu Z, Tang B, Qu C, Zhang Z, Zhang H. A Flexible Organic Single Crystal with Plastic‐Twisting and Elastic‐Bending Capabilities and Polarization‐Rotation Function. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:12944-12950. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202002492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2020] [Revised: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Huapeng Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials College of Chemistry Jilin University Qianjin Street Changchun P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials College of Chemistry Jilin University Qianjin Street Changchun P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials College of Chemistry Jilin University Qianjin Street Changchun P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials College of Chemistry Jilin University Qianjin Street Changchun P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials College of Chemistry Jilin University Qianjin Street Changchun P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials College of Chemistry Jilin University Qianjin Street Changchun P. R. China
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Liu H, Lu Z, Tang B, Qu C, Zhang Z, Zhang H. A Flexible Organic Single Crystal with Plastic‐Twisting and Elastic‐Bending Capabilities and Polarization‐Rotation Function. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202002492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Huapeng Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials College of Chemistry Jilin University Qianjin Street Changchun P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials College of Chemistry Jilin University Qianjin Street Changchun P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials College of Chemistry Jilin University Qianjin Street Changchun P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials College of Chemistry Jilin University Qianjin Street Changchun P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials College of Chemistry Jilin University Qianjin Street Changchun P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials College of Chemistry Jilin University Qianjin Street Changchun P. R. China
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Lai JC, Jia XY, Wang DP, Deng YB, Zheng P, Li CH, Zuo JL, Bao Z. Thermodynamically stable whilst kinetically labile coordination bonds lead to strong and tough self-healing polymers. Nat Commun 2019; 10:1164. [PMID: 30858371 PMCID: PMC6411951 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09130-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2018] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
There is often a trade-off between mechanical properties (modulus and toughness) and dynamic self-healing. Here we report the design and synthesis of a polymer containing thermodynamically stable whilst kinetically labile coordination complex to address this conundrum. The Zn-Hbimcp (Hbimcp = 2,6-bis((imino)methyl)-4-chlorophenol) coordination bond used in this work has a relatively large association constant (2.2 × 1011) but also undergoes fast and reversible intra- and inter-molecular ligand exchange processes. The as-prepared Zn(Hbimcp)2-PDMS polymer is highly stretchable (up to 2400% strain) with a high toughness of 29.3 MJ m−3, and can autonomously self-heal at room temperature. Control experiments showed that the optimal combination of its bond strength and bond dynamics is responsible for the material’s mechanical toughness and self-healing property. This molecular design concept points out a promising direction for the preparation of self-healing polymers with excellent mechanical properties. We further show this type of polymer can be potentially used as energy absorbing material. There is often a trade-off between mechanical properties (modulus and toughness) and dynamic self-healing in materials. Here the authors design and synthesize a polymer containing thermodynamically stable whilst kinetically labile coordination complexes to address this conundrum.
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- Jian-Cheng Lai
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
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Catalano L, Karothu DP, Schramm S, Ahmed E, Rezgui R, Barber TJ, Famulari A, Naumov P. Dualmodus‐Lichttransduktion durch einen plastisch biegbaren organischen Kristall als optischer Wellenleiter. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201810514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Luca Catalano
- New York University Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
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- New York University Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
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- New York University Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
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- New York University Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
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- New York University Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 20133 Milan Italien
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- New York University Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
- Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Harvard University 10 Garden St. Cambridge MA 02138 USA
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Catalano L, Karothu DP, Schramm S, Ahmed E, Rezgui R, Barber TJ, Famulari A, Naumov P. Dual‐Mode Light Transduction through a Plastically Bendable Organic Crystal as an Optical Waveguide. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:17254-17258. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201810514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2018] [Revised: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Luca Catalano
- New York University Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
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- New York University Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
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- New York University Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
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- New York University Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 20133 Milan Italy
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- New York University Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
- Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Harvard University 10 Garden St. Cambridge MA 02138 USA
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Dai S, Zhou X, Wang S, Ding J, Yuan N. A self-healing conductive and stretchable aligned carbon nanotube/hydrogel composite with a sandwich structure. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:19360-19366. [PMID: 30307007 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr05897k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Self-healing conductive elastomers have emerged as a class of novel materials that are important for fabricating human-motion sensors, soft robots and healthcare monitoring systems. Herein, we report on a hydrogel of modified poly(γ-glutamic) acid polymer chains crosslinked by coordination complexes, which exhibits good stretchability (1375%), long-term stability (more than 40 days), and self-healing ability (99.0 ± 1.5% in 3 h). Furthermore, a "sandwich" structure composite was fabricated, which is composed of self-healing hydrogels and Au nanograin-decorated aligned multiwall carbon nanotube sheets. It possesses fast self-healing ability, a low stable electronic resistance of 10 ± 1 Ω sq-1, in the temperature range of -40-90 °C, the humidity range of 10-90%, and a stretching range up to 200%.
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- Shengping Dai
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Photovoltaic Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Province Cultivation base for State Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Science and Technology, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, P. R. China.
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Lai JC, Li L, Wang DP, Zhang MH, Mo SR, Wang X, Zeng KY, Li CH, Jiang Q, You XZ, Zuo JL. A rigid and healable polymer cross-linked by weak but abundant Zn(II)-carboxylate interactions. Nat Commun 2018; 9:2725. [PMID: 30006515 PMCID: PMC6045665 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05285-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2017] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Achieving a desirable combination of solid-like properties and fast self-healing is a great challenge due to slow diffusion dynamics. In this work, we describe a design concept that utilizes weak but abundant coordination bonds to achieve this objective. The designed PDMS polymer, crosslinked by abundant Zn(II)-carboxylate interactions, is very strong and rigid at room temperature. As the coordination equilibrium is sensitive to temperature, the mechanical strength of this polymer rapidly and reversibly changes upon heating or cooling. The soft-rigid switching ability σ, defined as G'max /G'min, can reach 8000 when ΔT = 100 °C. Based on these features, this polymer not only exhibits fast thermal-healing properties, but is also advantageous for various applications such as in orthopedic immobilization, conductive composites/adhesives, and 3D printing.
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- Jian-Cheng Lai
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China
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- Department of Sports Medicine and Adult Reconstructive Surgery, Drum Tower Hospital affiliated to Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210008, P. R. China
- Institute of Medical 3D Printing, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China.
- Institute of Medical 3D Printing, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China.
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- Department of Sports Medicine and Adult Reconstructive Surgery, Drum Tower Hospital affiliated to Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210008, P. R. China
- Institute of Medical 3D Printing, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China.
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Gupta P, Karothu DP, Ahmed E, Naumov P, Nath NK. Thermally Twistable, Photobendable, Elastically Deformable, and Self‐Healable Soft Crystals. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201802785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Poonam Gupta
- Department of Chemistry National Institute of Technology Meghalaya India
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- New York University Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
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- New York University Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Chemistry National Institute of Technology Meghalaya India
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Gupta P, Karothu DP, Ahmed E, Naumov P, Nath NK. Thermally Twistable, Photobendable, Elastically Deformable, and Self‐Healable Soft Crystals. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:8498-8502. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201802785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- Poonam Gupta
- Department of Chemistry National Institute of Technology Meghalaya India
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- New York University Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
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- New York University Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Chemistry National Institute of Technology Meghalaya India
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Liu G, Liu J, Ye X, Nie L, Gu P, Tao X, Zhang Q. Self‐Healing Behavior in a Thermo‐Mechanically Responsive Cocrystal during a Reversible Phase Transition. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201609667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Guangfeng Liu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering Nanyang Technological University Singapore 639798 Singapore Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials Shandong University Jinan 250100 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials Shandong University Jinan 250100 P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Nanyang Technological University Singapore 639798 Singapore Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Nanyang Technological University Singapore 639798 Singapore Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials Shandong University Jinan 250100 P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Nanyang Technological University Singapore 639798 Singapore Singapore
- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Nanyang Technological University Singapore 639798 Singapore Singapore
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Liu G, Liu J, Ye X, Nie L, Gu P, Tao X, Zhang Q. Self-Healing Behavior in a Thermo-Mechanically Responsive Cocrystal during a Reversible Phase Transition. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 56:198-202. [PMID: 27930841 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201609667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2016] [Revised: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
The molecular-level motions of a coronene-based supramolecular rotator are amplified into macroscopic changes of crystals by co-assembly of coronene and TCNB (1,2,4,5-tetracyanobenzene) into a charge-transfer complex. The as-prepared cocrystals show remarkable self-healing behavior and thermo-mechanical responses during thermally-induced reversible single-crystal-to-single-crystal (SCSC) phase transitions. Comprehensive analysis of the microscopic observations as well as differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurements and crystal habits reveal that a thermally-reduced-rate-dependent dynamic character exists in the phase transition. The crystallographic studies show that the global similarity of the packing patterns of both phases with local differences, such as molecular stacking sequence and orientations, should be the origin of the self-healing behavior of these crystals.
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Affiliation(s)
- Guangfeng Liu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 639798, Singapore, Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P.R. China
| | - Lina Nie
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 639798, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 639798, Singapore, Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 639798, Singapore, Singapore.,Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 639798, Singapore, Singapore
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