Journal
COMPOSITES COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 19, Issue -, Pages 233-238Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.coco.2020.03.014
Keywords
Carbon nanotubes; Azobenzene; Self-healing; Photothermal conversion; Photo-isomerization
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51873061, 51622301, 51573046]
- Shanghai Scientific and Technological Innovation Projects [19JC1411700, 18JC1410802, 17JC400700]
- Sailing Program [19YF1410300]
- [19XD1401400]
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Photo-induced self-healing materials, which can be controlled remotely, instantly and precisely, are attracting increasing attention in various fields. However, it still remains challenging to modulate the self-healing materials with integrated functionalities possessing multiple-wavelength photo-responsiveness. Herein, we report a strategy of building a photo-responsive self-healing system capable of performing ultraviolet (UV) and near-infrared (NIR) two-wavelength induced double-repair. The strategy is based on azobenzene-functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) via a two-step method. Oxidized MWCNTs were first reacted subsequently with thionyl chloride, glycol, and 2-bromoisobutyryl bromide to yield MWCNT-Br macroinitiators. Then atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of azobenzene monomer, 6-(4-butyl-4'-oxyazobenzene) hexyl methacrylate (Azo), was directly initiated by MWCNT-Br, affording MWCNT-PAzo nanocomposites. The MWCNT-PAzo system can undergo photothermal- and photochemical-induced solid-liquid phase transition to manipulate the self-healing behavior while MWCNTs act as photo-absorbers/heat sources and azobenzene moieties serve on glass transition temperatures (T-g) switchers, in response to NIR and UV light stimuli, respectively. To our best of knowledge, this is the first-time that MWCNT-PAzo nanocomposites possess two-wavelength photo-responsiveness and exhibit excellent self-healing performance through the irradiation of two-wavelength bands (365 and 808 nm) of UV/NIR light.
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