Making Polyisoprene Self‐Healable through Microstructure Regulation by Rare‐Earth Catalysts

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 61; no. 42; pp. e202210023 - n/a
• Main Authors: Wang, Haobing, Yang, Yang, Nishiura, Masayoshi, Hong, You‐lee, Nishiyama, Yusuke, Higaki, Yuji, Hou, Zhaomin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 17.10.2022
• Edition: International ed. in English
• Subjects: Alkenes; Catalysts; Chemical synthesis; Commodities; Commodity Monomer; Elastomers; Healing; Isoprene; Microstructure; Polyisoprenes; Polymerization; Polymers; Polyolefins; Rare-Earth Catalysts; Scandium; Segments; Self-Healing Materials

The creation of self‐healing polymers from commodity olefins is of great interest and importance but has remained a challenge to date. We report here for the first time the synthesis of self‐healing polymers by catalyst‐controlled polymerization of a simple commodity diene, isoprene. We found that p...