Dynamically tuning transient silicone polymer networks with hydrogen bonding

Abstract

Supramolecular polymers are composed of non-covalently connected chains and characterized by high chain dynamics. The viscoelastic behavior of supramolecular telechelic sugar-siloxanes-ranging from solids to viscous fluids able to form transient polymer networks-is readily tuned by the fraction of internal HO groups that can intermolecularly form hydrogen bonds.