Yue Lansong, Wan Xue, Türel Tankut, Schenning Albert P H J, Tomović Željko, Debije Michael G
Stimuli-Responsive Functional Materials and Devices, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands.
Polymer Performance Materials Group, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2025 Jun 4;17(22):31685-31697. doi: 10.1021/acsami.5c09198. Epub 2025 May 26.
Responsive polymers have yet to significantly impact the marketplace. In this Perspective, we offer a glimpse of a possible future industrial-scale responsive polymer. We begin by briefly reviewing two different existing polymer materials, one with high volume, excellent processability, and commercial impact (polyurethanes), the other with stimuli responsive functional properties (liquid crystal elastomers). We explore the possibilities of combining the properties of these two disparate entities into a single material. We offer intriguing possibilities for a bulk polymer with both responsivity and processability that could compete in the market with the long-established residents and discuss some of the research roadblocks that need to be overcome to reach this lofty goal.
响应性聚合物尚未对市场产生重大影响。在这篇展望文章中，我们简要介绍了一种未来可能实现工业规模生产的响应性聚合物。首先，我们简要回顾两种现有的不同聚合物材料，一种产量高、加工性能优异且具有商业影响力（聚氨酯），另一种具有刺激响应功能特性（液晶弹性体）。我们探讨了将这两种截然不同的聚合物的特性结合到单一材料中的可能性。我们提出了一种兼具响应性和加工性能的块状聚合物的有趣可能性，这种聚合物可以在市场上与长期占据主导地位的产品竞争，并讨论了为实现这一宏伟目标需要克服的一些研究障碍。
