Semibatch monomer addition as a general method to tune and enhance the mechanics of polymer networks via loop-defect control

Yuwei Gu; Ken Kawamoto; Mingjiang Zhong; Mao Chen; Michael J.A. Hore; Alex M. Jordan; La Shanda T.J. Korley; Bradley D. Olsen; Jeremiah A. Johnson

doi:10.1073/pnas.1620985114

Semibatch monomer addition as a general method to tune and enhance the mechanics of polymer networks via loop-defect control

Yuwei Gu, Ken Kawamoto, Mingjiang Zhong, Mao Chen, Michael J.A. Hore, Alex M. Jordan, La Shanda T.J. Korley, Bradley D. Olsen, Jeremiah A. Johnson

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Abstract

controlling the molecular structure of amorphous cross-linked polymeric materials is a longstanding challenge. Herein, we disclose a general strategy for precise tuning of loop defects in covalent polymer gel networks. This "loop control" is achieved through a simple semibatch monomer addition protocol that can be applied to a broad range of network-forming reactions. By controlling loop defects, we demonstrate that with the same set of material precursors it is possible to tune and in several cases substantially improve network connectivity and mechanical properties (e.g., ∼600% increase in shear storage modulus). We believe that the concept of loop control via continuous reagent addition could find broad application in the synthesis of academically and industrially important cross-linked polymeric materials, such as resins and gels.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4875-4880
Number of pages	6
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume	114
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1620985114
State	Published - May 9 2017

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We thank S. L. Buchwald for the syringe pump and W. Zhang for help with FTIR measurements. We thank the National Science Foundation (CHE-1334703) for support of this work. We acknowledge the support of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, US Department of Commerce, in providing the neutron research facilities used in this work. This work made use of the Shared Experimental Facilities supported in part by the Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers Program of the National Science Foundation under Award DMR-1319807.

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Click chemistry
Gels
Loops
Polymer networks
Star polymer

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Gu, Y., Kawamoto, K., Zhong, M., Chen, M., Hore, M. J. A., Jordan, A. M., Korley, L. S. T. J., Olsen, B. D., & Johnson, J. A. (2017). Semibatch monomer addition as a general method to tune and enhance the mechanics of polymer networks via loop-defect control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(19), 4875-4880. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1620985114

Semibatch monomer addition as a general method to tune and enhance the mechanics of polymer networks via loop-defect control. / Gu, Yuwei; Kawamoto, Ken; Zhong, Mingjiang et al.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 114, No. 19, 09.05.2017, p. 4875-4880.

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Gu, Y, Kawamoto, K, Zhong, M, Chen, M, Hore, MJA, Jordan, AM, Korley, LSTJ, Olsen, BD & Johnson, JA 2017, 'Semibatch monomer addition as a general method to tune and enhance the mechanics of polymer networks via loop-defect control', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 114, no. 19, pp. 4875-4880. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1620985114

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