a.School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Extreme Environment-tolerant Specialty Chemicals, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
b.Shandong Institute of Non-Metallic Materials, Jinan 250031, China
c.National Key Laboratory of Aerospace Chemical Power, Hubei Institute of Aerospace Chemotechnology, Xiangyang 441003, China
d.School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
chm_wangl@ujn.edu.cn (L.W.)
chm_gengb@ujn.edu.cn (B.G.)
chm_zongcy@ujn.edu.cn (C.Y.Z.)
收稿:2025-12-24,
录用:2026-02-09,
网络首发:2026-04-30,
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Yuan, H. K.; Hou, Q. Q.; Wang, P.; Xu, Y.; Zhang, L.; Li, Y.; Zhang, J.; Wang, L.; Geng, B.; Zong, C. Y. Molecular engineering of fluorine-containing polyurethane adhesives: toughness and self-healing enhancement via synergistic disulfide-Zr4+ coordination bonds. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2026, 44, 2199–2211 DOI: 10.1007/s10118-026-3620-y.
Hao-Kai Yuan, Qian-Qian Hou, Peng Wang, et al. Molecular Engineering of Fluorine-containing Polyurethane Adhesives: Toughness and Self-healing Enhancement
Yuan, H. K.; Hou, Q. Q.; Wang, P.; Xu, Y.; Zhang, L.; Li, Y.; Zhang, J.; Wang, L.; Geng, B.; Zong, C. Y. Molecular engineering of fluorine-containing polyurethane adhesives: toughness and self-healing enhancement via synergistic disulfide-Zr4+ coordination bonds. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2026, 44, 2199–2211 DOI: 10.1007/s10118-026-3620-y. DOI:
Hao-Kai Yuan, Qian-Qian Hou, Peng Wang, et al. Molecular Engineering of Fluorine-containing Polyurethane Adhesives: Toughness and Self-healing Enhancement
This work reports a self-healable
high-toughness fluorinated polyurethane adhesive
via
synergistic disulfide and Zr
4+
coordination. Zr
4+
coordination boosts tensile strength by 18-fold and imparts excellent recyclability for sustainable adhesive applications.
High-performance adhesives integrating high mechanical toughness
excellent environmental durability
and self-healing capability exhibit broad application potential. Herein
leveraging the excellent stress dissipation capability of multiple dynamic bonds
a self-healing fluorine-containing polyurethane (PU) adhesive with signifi
cantly enhanced toughness was designed by incorporating dynamic aromatic disulfide bonds and metal-coordination interactions. The incorporation of disulfide bonds endows the PU adhesive (named as SN-PU) with efficient low-temperature self-healing performance
while the fluorine-containing side chains confer enhanced resistance to harsh environments. The SN-PU adhesive exhibited a tensile strength of 1.39 MPa
an elongation at break of 1300%
and a self-healing efficiency of 99.3% at 50 °C for 4 h
along with excellent recyclability
via
solvent-assisted casting molding. More importantly
further introduction of interchain Zr
4
+
coordination bonds into the SN-PU adhesive (named as Zr-PU) yields a maximum tensile strength of 24.92 MPa
approximately an 18-fold enhancement compared to the SN-PU adhesive. Meanwhile
the lap shear strengths of the SN-PU adhesive on various substrates
including steel plates
aluminum plates
epoxy-based composite plates
and polyamide
were significantly enhanced from 3.45
2.65
3.72
and 1.26 MPa to 5.60
5.66
4.03
and 3.51 MPa
respectively
for the Zr-PU system. This strategy of tailoring molecular chain structures and intermolecular interactions to enhance the strength
toughness
and reusability of adhesives offers a facile approach for the development of high-performance adhesive materials.
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