SIGNAL-RESPONSIVE PLASTICS
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    发明申请
    SIGNAL-RESPONSIVE PLASTICS 审中-公开
    信号响应塑料

    公开(公告)号:WO2012005806A2

    公开(公告)日:2012-01-12

    申请号:PCT/US2011035927

    申请日:2011-05-10

    摘要: We disclose methods and compositions for preparation of stimuli-responsive plastics that are capable of responding to chemical and/or physical signals in their environment. In one embodiment the plastics consist of patterned mixtures of poly(phthalaldehyde) polymers in which each polymer contains a different end-capping group (also called a "trigger"), responsive to a different signal. Other embodiments use different polymers and different triggers. The plastics may be homogeneous in composition, but each polymer within the plastic is capable of responding to a different signal and depolymerizing once this signal reacts with the trigger. This process of depolymerization enables the plastic to alter its physical features non-linearly to external signals: i.e., the degree of change in physical form is much larger than the intensity of the initial signal.

    摘要翻译: 我们公开了能够响应其环境中的化学和/或物理信号的刺激响应性塑料的制备方法和组合物。 在一个实施方案中,塑料由聚(邻苯二甲醛)聚合物的图案化混合物组成,其中每个聚合物包含不同的封端基团(也称为“触发器”),其响应于不同的信号。 其他实施方案使用不同的聚合物和不同的触发剂。 塑料在组成上可以是均匀的,但是一旦该信号与触发器反应,塑料内的每个聚合物能够响应不同的信号和解聚。 该解聚过程使得塑料能够非线性地将其物理特征改变为外部信号:即,物理形式的变化程度远大于初始信号的强度。