Self-healing thermoplastic elastomer brush copolymers having a glassy polymethylmethacrylate backbone and rubbery polyacrylate-amide brushes

We synthesized a series of brush copolymers having glassy polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) backbone and flexible polyacrylate-amide (PA-amide) brushes that exhibit thermoplastic elastomer properties. Importantly, the dynamic hydrogen bonds in the soft PA-amide matrix enables the material to self-heal after mechanical damage at room temperature without the need of any external stimulus. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.