Catalyst-free room-temperature self-healing elastomers based on aromatic disulfide metathesis†
Alaitz Rekondo,Roberto Martin,Alaitz Ruiz de Luzuriaga,Germán Cabañero,Hans J. Grande,Ibon Odriozola
Materials Horizons Pub Date : 09/13/2013 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C3MH00061C
Abstract

Aromatic disulfide metathesis has been reported as one of the very few dynamic covalent chemistries undergone at room-temperature. Here, bis(4-aminophenyl) disulfide is effectively used as a dynamic crosslinker for the design of self-healing poly(urea–urethane) elastomers, which show quantitative healing efficiency at room-temperature, without the need for any catalyst or external intervention.

Graphical abstract: Catalyst-free room-temperature self-healing elastomers based on aromatic disulfide metathesis