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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE
Volume 4, Issue 13, Pages 359-362Publisher
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2006.0202
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self-healing materials; N-heterocyclic carbenes; organometallic polymers; electrically conductive materials
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A novel class of organometallic polymers comprising N-heterocyclic carbenes and transition metals was shown to have potential as an electrically conductive, self-healing material. These polymers were found to exhibit conductivities of the order of 10(-3) S cm(-1) and showed structurally dynamic characteristics in the solid-state. Thin films of these materials were cast onto silicon wafers, then scored and imaged using a scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The scored films were subsequently healed via thermal treatment, which enabled the material to flow via a unique depolymerization process, as determined by SEM and surface profilometry. A method for incorporating these features into a device that exhibits electrically driven, self-healing functions is proposed.
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