Thermo-moldable self-healing commodity plastics with heat resisting and oxygen-insensitive healant capable of room temperature redox cationic polymerization

Dong Yu Zhu, Jian Guo, Guang Sheng Cao, Wen Qiu, Min Zhi Rong, Ming Qiu Zhang

Journal of Materials Chemistry A · 2014 · 19 citations · 18 references

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Abstract

By using a novel healing chemistry of redox cationic polymerization, polystyrene with IBH/GMA capsules and NaBH<sub>4</sub> particles molded <italic>via</italic> hot compression is proved to be self-healable at room temperature in air.

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