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Chem Commun (Camb)
; 58(37): 5590-5593, 2022 May 05.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35441618
ABSTRACT
Polymer networks crosslinked with spring-like ortho-phenylene (oP) foldamers were developed. NMR analysis indicated the oP crosslinkers were well-folded. Polymer networks with oP-based crosslinkers showed enhanced energy dissipation and elasticity compared to divinylbenzene crosslinked networks. The energy dissipation was attributed to the strain-induced reversible unfolding of the oP units. Energy dissipation increased with the number of helical turns in the foldamer.