Robust, healable and hydrophobically recoverable polydimethylsiloxane based supramolecular material with dual-activate hard segment

In this paper, a novel dual-activate hard segment strategy is proposed for the fabrication of polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS) based supramolecular polymer(PDMS-PDITC-IPDI). The unique design endows the PDMS-PDITC-IPDI with high toughness(43.1–24.5 MJ/m^(3)), tensile strength(11.3–6.6 MPa) and elongation at break(730%–615%), and the mechanical properties and dynamic property can be regulated by varying degrees of hard segment activation. Moreover, the PDMS-PDITC-IPDI polymers exhibit excellent self-recovery property during successive loading-unloading processes. Additionally, both wettability damage caused by O2 plasma treatment and mechanical damage can be healed by simple heating, showing good hydrophobic recovery and selfhealability. Taking advantages of merits of the PDMS-PDITC-IPDI, the applications of the material as recyclable adhesive and 3D printing material are also investigated.