Self-sealing and puncture resistant breathable membranes for water-evaporation applications

Martin Rother; Jonas Barmettler; Andreas Reichmuth; Jose V. Araujo; Christian Rytka; Olfa Glaied; Uwe Pieles; Nico Bruns

doi:10.1002/adma.201502761

Self-sealing and puncture resistant breathable membranes for water-evaporation applications

Martin Rother, Jonas Barmettler, Andreas Reichmuth, Jose V. Araujo, Christian Rytka, Olfa Glaied, Uwe Pieles, Nico Bruns^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Pure And Applied Chemistry

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

78 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Breathable and waterproof membranes that self-seal damaged areas are prepared by modifying a poly(ether ester) membrane with an amphiphilic polymer co-network. The latter swells in water and the gel closes punctures. Damaged composite membranes remain water tight up to pressures of at least 1.6 bar. This material is useful for applications where water-vapor permeability, self-sealing properties, and waterproofness are desired, as demonstrated for a medical cooling device.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6620-6624
Number of pages	5
Journal	Advanced Materials
Volume	27
Issue number	42
Early online date	29 Sept 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201502761
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2015

Keywords

amphiphilic polymer co-networks
bio-inspired materials
breathable and waterproof membranes
medical skin cooling garment
self-healing materials

Access to Document

10.1002/adma.201502761

Cite this

@article{1c00ae681c34482a915ff3e88baebbf2,

title = "Self-sealing and puncture resistant breathable membranes for water-evaporation applications",

abstract = "Breathable and waterproof membranes that self-seal damaged areas are prepared by modifying a poly(ether ester) membrane with an amphiphilic polymer co-network. The latter swells in water and the gel closes punctures. Damaged composite membranes remain water tight up to pressures of at least 1.6 bar. This material is useful for applications where water-vapor permeability, self-sealing properties, and waterproofness are desired, as demonstrated for a medical cooling device.",

keywords = "amphiphilic polymer co-networks, bio-inspired materials, breathable and waterproof membranes, medical skin cooling garment, self-healing materials",

author = "Martin Rother and Jonas Barmettler and Andreas Reichmuth and Araujo, {Jose V.} and Christian Rytka and Olfa Glaied and Uwe Pieles and Nico Bruns",

year = "2015",

month = nov,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1002/adma.201502761",

language = "English",

volume = "27",

pages = "6620--6624",

journal = "Advanced Materials",

issn = "0935-9648",

number = "42",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Self-sealing and puncture resistant breathable membranes for water-evaporation applications

AU - Rother, Martin

AU - Barmettler, Jonas

AU - Reichmuth, Andreas

AU - Araujo, Jose V.

AU - Rytka, Christian

AU - Glaied, Olfa

AU - Pieles, Uwe

AU - Bruns, Nico

PY - 2015/11/1

Y1 - 2015/11/1

N2 - Breathable and waterproof membranes that self-seal damaged areas are prepared by modifying a poly(ether ester) membrane with an amphiphilic polymer co-network. The latter swells in water and the gel closes punctures. Damaged composite membranes remain water tight up to pressures of at least 1.6 bar. This material is useful for applications where water-vapor permeability, self-sealing properties, and waterproofness are desired, as demonstrated for a medical cooling device.

AB - Breathable and waterproof membranes that self-seal damaged areas are prepared by modifying a poly(ether ester) membrane with an amphiphilic polymer co-network. The latter swells in water and the gel closes punctures. Damaged composite membranes remain water tight up to pressures of at least 1.6 bar. This material is useful for applications where water-vapor permeability, self-sealing properties, and waterproofness are desired, as demonstrated for a medical cooling device.

KW - amphiphilic polymer co-networks

KW - bio-inspired materials

KW - breathable and waterproof membranes

KW - medical skin cooling garment

KW - self-healing materials

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84946724364&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1002/adma.201502761

DO - 10.1002/adma.201502761

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84946724364

SN - 0935-9648

VL - 27

SP - 6620

EP - 6624

JO - Advanced Materials

JF - Advanced Materials

IS - 42

ER -

Self-sealing and puncture resistant breathable membranes for water-evaporation applications

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Nico Bruns

Cite this

Self-sealing and puncture resistant breathable membranes for water-evaporation applications

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Profiles

Nico Bruns

Cite this