title: A self-repairing, supramolecular polymer system: healability as a consequence of donor-acceptor pi-pi stacking interactions.
abstract: A novel supramolecular polymer system, in which the terminal pyrenyl groups of a polyamide intercalate into the chain-folds of a polyimide via electronically-complementary pi-pi stacking, shows both enhanced mechanical properties relative to those of its individual components and facile healing characteristics as a result of the thermoreversibility of non-covalent interactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, UK.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Burattini
authors.forename: Howard M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Colquhoun
authors.forename: Justin D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: Donia
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authors.lastname: Friedmann
authors.forename: Barnaby W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Greenland
authors.forename: Peter J F
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Wayne
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authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: Michael E
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authors.lastname: Mackay
authors.forename: Stuart J
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authors.lastname: Rowan