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An autonomic self-healing organogel with a photo-mediated modulus
Yubing Xiong1, Zhijun Chen2, Hong Wang3
1Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, Mainz 55128, Germany. wusi@mpip-mainz.mpg.de and Key Laboratory of Eco-Environment-Related Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Abstract:
A new method is described for fabricating autonomic, self-healing, deformable organogels. We combined imidazolium-based poly(ionic liquid) (PIL) and azobenzene-grafted poly(carboxylic acid) (PAA-Azo) in N,N-dimethyl formamide. Further, complexing PIL with unirradiated (trans) or irradiated (cis) PAA-Azo tuned the elastic modulus of the organogel.
