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AssigneeUniversity of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
InventorsTianqi Pan, Tara Yvonne Meyer, William W. Clark, David Waldeck, Lisa Mauck Weiland, Percy Calvo-Marzal, Rachel D. Harris, Haitao Liu
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A material having a first non-zero elastic modulus capable of reversibly changing the first non-zero elastic modulus to a second non-zero elastic modulus in response to a redox reaction occurring in the material. A method of producing a material that is reversibly cyclable between a first non-zero elastic modulus and a second non-zero elastic modulus, comprising: preparing a polymer comprising both crosslinks that do not depend on metal binding and functional groups capable of having oxidation-state specific binding constants to a metal ion; and doping the polymer with a solution containing the metal ion.
A material reversibly cyclable between a first non-zero elastic modulus and a second non-zero elastic modulus comprising one or more metal ions and a polymer having both crosslinks that do not depend on metal binding and functional groups that have oxidation-state specific binding constants to the metal ions, wherein the polymer further comprises a least one conductive additive selected from the group consisting of:
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