journal article·2025-08Open access

High‐Performance Elastomer with Excellent Resistance to Low Temperature, Aging and Solvent

Xiwei Guo, Ronan Brown, Yue Dong, Haoyu Feng, Yang Xiang, Dongxu Wang, Qi Zhang, He Zhu, Shiping Zhu

Advanced Functional Materials· Volume 35· Issue 33

Abstract

Abstract Elastomers are essential for a variety of demanding applications, but their performance is significantly compromised under harsh conditions, such as extremely low temperatures and serious aging. Herein, a novel polyurethane elastomer (PFTA) is presented, having perfluoropolyether as the soft segment and catechol‐containing molecules synthesized via Schiff base reaction as the chain extender, where the perfluoropolyether segments confer outstanding low‐temperature and solvent resistance and the catechol groups provide exceptional anti‐aging properties to the material. As a result, the obtained elastomer achieves an ultralow glass transition temperature of approximately −115 °C, demonstrating remarkable flexibility at extremely low temperatures, even in a liquid nitrogen environment, and possesses good aging and solvent resistance. These results highlight that the combination of catechol functionalization and perfluoropolyether segments provides a promising platform for the development of elastomers suitable for extreme environmental applications, such as aerospace and polar exploration.
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OpenAlex topics: Polymer composites and self-healing · Dielectric materials and actuators · Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties

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Affiliations

State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Wuhan Textile University Wuhan 430200 China

School of Science and Engineering The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Shenzhen 518172 China

Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics 06120 Halle Germany

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China

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