Synthesis and properties of self-healing polymers and nanocomposites derived from cellulose

• Applicants: Professor Dr. Guido Kickelbick; Professor Dr.-Ing. Markus Stommel; Professor Dr. Gerhard Wenz
• Subject Area: Materials Engineering
• Term: from 2011 to 2015
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 202623589

• Final Report Year: 2015

Final Report Abstract

The aim of synthesizing re-mendable materials from liquid crystalline cellulose derivatives was fulfilled. A broad variety of cellulosic dienes with optimized properties was synthesized. The self-healing ability was achieved by the Diels-Alder (DA) and the retro Diels-Alder (rDA) reaction between these dienes and bismaleimides. New methods were found to monitor these reactions. A self-healing survey gave proof of the re-mendability by healing a crack in a sample pellet.

Publications

• Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2011, 213, 182–186
  J. Ax, G. Wenz
  
• Chem. Mater. 2013, 25, 149-157
  T. Engel, G. Kickelbick
  
• In: Self-Healing Polymers: From Principles to Applications, W.H. Binder (Ed.), Wiley-VCH; Weinheim 2013, 153-169
  T. Engel, G. Kickelbick
  
• Polym. Int. 2014, 63, 915-923
  T. Engel, G. Kickelbick
  
• Europ. J. Inorg. Chem. 2015, 1226-1232
  T. Engel, G. Kickelbick