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This research demonstrates enhanced damping and tensile strength in elastomers through hierarchical hydrogen bonds and zinc ion coordination.
Developing high‐performance elastomers that simultaneously exhibit high strength, excellent elasticity, broad temperature‐range damping, and multifunctionality remains a significant challenge in materials science. In this study, a supramolecular polyurethane elastomer (PUTAZn x ) is successfully synthesized by constructing a hierarchical hydrogen‐bonding network via tartaric acid (TA) chain extension and incorporating dynamic zinc ion coordination crosslinking. The hierarchical hydrogen bonds display an ordered, temperature‐dependent dissociation behavior and maintain a dynamic balance between dissociation and reformation, leading to a broad damping peak in the Damping factor (tan δ ) profile. Coordination bonds between carboxyl groups and Zn 2+ significantly enhance intermolecular interactions, enabling the material to exhibit a high tensile strength of 27.27 MPa and an exceptional elongation at break of 1513%. Meanwhile, the introduction of Zn 2+ increases the free volume for molecular motion, further enhancing the damping performance. This results in an ultra‐broad effective damping temperature range (tan δ ≥ 0.3) from 15.9 °C to 158.4 °C, spanning 142.5 °C, thereby facilitating efficient energy dissipation under dynamic loading even in extreme conditions.
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