Structure-property relationships in dynamic polymer networks
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Many emerging applications including wearable electronics and e-skins, soft robotics and actuators, and biomaterials, require material platforms with precisely controlled mechanical, electrical, thermal, and optical properties. The practical realization of devices for these applications is often restricted not by the lack of novel designs, but rather by the sparsity of materials with the required properties. Dynamic polymers, which employ both permanent and reversible linkages, offer a promising platform for the design of new materials due to their highly tunable and responsive chemical structures. This dissertation explores structure-property relationships in different dynamic polymer networks with well-defined polymer design and is structured as follows. Chapter 1 introduces the concept of dynamic polymers, provides comparisons to supramolecular polymers and segmented block copolymers, and concludes with emerging applications for these systems. Chapter 2 examines the molecular design rules for spontaneous self-assembly of periodic dynamic polymers into supramolecular nanofibers. Chapter 3 discusses the phenomenon of strain-induced supramolecular structures exhibited by entangled periodic dynamic polymers. Chapter 4 highlights how the clustered nanomorphology exhibited by periodic dynamic polymers can be used to design recyclable underwater adhesives. Chapter 5 explains how immiscible dynamic polymers can be used to achieve autonomous alignment of multilayered soft electronics. Chapter 6 concludes with key observations and on the future outlook of next-generation materials.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2023; ©2023 |
| Publication date | 2023; 2023 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Cooper, Christopher Brittain |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Bao, Zhenan |
| Thesis advisor | Bao, Zhenan |
| Thesis advisor | Mai, Danielle |
| Thesis advisor | Qin, Jian, (Professor of Chemical Engineering) |
| Degree committee member | Mai, Danielle |
| Degree committee member | Qin, Jian, (Professor of Chemical Engineering) |
| Associated with | Stanford University, School of Engineering |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Chemical Engineering |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Christopher Brittain Cooper. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Chemical Engineering. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2023. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/nd761hm0211 |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2023 by Christopher Brittain Cooper
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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