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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2026

Beyond Cartilage-Inspired Supramolecular Polyurethane for Adaptive Impact-Resistant Protection with Robustness, Self-Healing, and Recyclability.

Rou-Han Lai, Chia-An Chiu, Yi-An Chen, Athis Watwiangkham, Yu-Hung Cheng, Yan-Heng Chen, Min-Han Yu, Lung-Yi Lu, Chun-Hsien Chen, Yi-Ting Chen and 5 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Rou-Han LaiDepartment of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0304-5956
Chia-An ChiuDepartment of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Yi-An ChenDepartment of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Athis WatwiangkhamDepartment of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ubon Ratchathani University, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3880-7216
Yu-Hung ChengDepartment of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Yan-Heng ChenDepartment of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Min-Han YuDepartment of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Lung-Yi LuDepartment of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Chun-Hsien ChenDepartment of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Yi-Ting ChenDepartment of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Wei-Hsiang LiaoCollege of Semiconductor Research, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Shang-Hsiu HuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8965-3918
Hsin-Lung ChenDepartment of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7874-6783
Siriporn JungsuttiwongDepartment of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ubon Ratchathani University, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5943-6878
Ho-Hsiu ChouDepartment of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3777-2277

Funding

National Science and Technology Council NSTC 112-2223-E-007-006-MY3National Science and Technology Council NSTC 113-2221-E-007-038-National Science and Technology Council NSTC 113-2923-E-007-007-MY3National Science and Technology Council NSTC 114-2622-E-007-006-National Science and Technology Council NSTC 114-2628-E-007-012-
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Abstract

Conventional ceramic and metallic impact-protective materials are strong yet brittle and heavy, whereas soft materials such as Sylgard 184 and Styrofoam provide limited energy absorption and structural resilience. Achieving high impact resistance together with intrinsic self-healing and recyclability remains a long-standing challenge for polymeric systems, as most high-strength soft elastomers rely on permanent covalent networks that hinder their reprocessability. Taking inspiration from human articular cartilage-a natural impact-dissipative yet non-healable tissue-we developed a supramolecular polyurethane-urea elastomer (PU-BAMB) that emulates its fibrous-matrix architecture by integrating hierarchical hydrogen bonding and π-π stacking interactions through an aromatic diamine chain extender. This molecular design reproduces the multilevel energy-dissipation mechanism of cartilage while overcoming its biological limitation by introducing intrinsic self-healing and recyclability. The cooperative supramolecular framework achieves a finely tuned synergy between elasticity and rigidity, resulting in remarkable tensile strength (21.08 MPa), high fracture energy (138.36 kJ m

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hierarchical hydrogen bondingimpact‐resistant elastomerrecyclable elastomerself‐healing materialssupramolecular polyurethaneπ–π stacking interactions

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PMID41666142
PMCPMC13088313

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