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MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 33, Issue 4, Pages 314-318Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/marc.201100728
Keywords
ionic conductivity; rheology; self healing; supramolecular ionic polymers; viscosity
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- Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [MAT2011-27993]
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A new family of supramolecular ionic polymers is synthesized by a simple method using (di-/tri-)carboxylic acids and (di-/tri-)alkyl amines. These polymers are formed by carboxylate and ammonium molecules that are weakly bonded together by a combination of ionic and hydrogen bonds, becoming solid at room temperature. The supramolecular ionic polymers show a sharp rheological transition from a viscoelastic gel to a viscous liquid between 30 and 80 degrees C. This sharp viscosity decrease is responsible for an unprecedented jump in ionic conductivity of four orders of magnitude in that temperature range. As a potential application, this chemistry can be used to develop polymeric materials with self-healing properties, since it combines properties from supramolecular polymers and ionomers into the same material.
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