Flexible polyfluorinated bis-diazirines as molecular adhesives

Chakravarthi Simhadri, Liting Bi, Mathieu L. Lepage, Mahdi Takaffoli, Zhipeng Pei, Stefania F. Musolino, Abbas S. Milani, Gino A. DiLabio, Jeremy E. Wulff

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Abstract

Motivated by a desire to develop flexible covalent adhesives that afford some of the same malleability in the adhesive layer as traditional polymer-based adhesives, we designed and synthesized two flexible, highly fluorinated bis-diazirines. Both molecules are shown to function as effective crosslinkers for polymer materials, and to act as strong adhesives when painted between two polymer objects of low surface energy, prior to thermal activation. Data obtained from lap-shear experiments suggests that greater molecular flexibility is correlated with improved mechanical compliance in the adhesive layer.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4147-4153
Number of pages7
JournalChemical Science
Volume12
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Mar 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • flexible covalent adhesives
  • polyfluorinated bis-diazirines
  • molecular adhesives
  • polymer materials

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