Self-healing polymers and applications thereof

US10160835B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · US
• Nanjing University · CN

Inventors

• Chao Wang · New York, US
• Cheng-Hui Li · Stanford, US
• Zhenan Bao · Lyndhurst, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 20, 2016
• Grant date: Dec 25, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 2, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08G77/455
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A self-healing polymer includes metal ions and a polymer network including polymer chains cross-linked through coordination bonds with the metal ions. Each polymer chain includes ligands within a backbone of the polymer chain, and the ligands include metal ion coordination sites.