Old inspires new: activation and stabilization of iodine in diene-based rubbers

Li, Ruiting; Wang, Zhen; Wang, Yapei

doi:10.1016/j.xinn.2021.100095

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“…Our previous discovery of iodine-oxidized poly(styrene- b -butadiene- b -styrene) (SBS) as an amphiphilic polymer with the capability of photothermal conversion motivated us to renew SBS as a polymer coating with anti-icing and deicing properties. Typically, iodine doping could oxidize the unsaturated bonds on the polybutadiene block, − after which the SBS chain was endowed with positive charges resembling a polyelectrolyte and displayed outstanding anti-icing performance. The transformation of SBS from hydrophobic to amphiphilic was accordingly able to induce the decreased icing point, delayed icing time, and weakened ice adhesion strength.…”

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Iodine-Oxidized Diene-Based Rubbers as Anti-icing and Deicing Polymer Coatings

et al. 2022

Langmuir

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In an effort to prevent or minimize icing hazards, techniques and materials for icing inhibition and deicing have always been highly favored throughout human history. This work discovers the integrated anti-icing and deicing effects of poly(styrene-b-butadiene-b-styrene) triblock rubber (SBS) after its easy oxidation in iodine vapor. Iodine oxidation happens on the block of polybutadiene, featured by the conversion of SBS from hydrophobic to amphiphilic and the improved capability of photothermal conversion. The oxidized SBS can serve as a polymer coating, which possesses intriguing abilities to delay the kinetics of icing on its surface and repel the ice under light illumination. According to characterizations of surface chemistry and mechanical performance, iodine oxidation is assumed to involve the processes of iodine coordination to unsaturated bonds, the formation of radical cations as a result of the redox reaction between iodine and unsaturated carbon–carbon bonds, improved light absorption owing to the formation of polyiodide anions, and intermolecular coupling of radical cations. The appearance of polar moieties/species within the oxidized SBS is attributed to the delayed ice nucleation. The significant photothermal capacity in visible and near-infrared windows enables the iodine-oxidized SBS coating to remove the adhered ice by melting under light illumination when the icing process is inevitable, even at an extremely low temperature (−25 °C).

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