Patent ID: 8268952

Claim:
A supramolecular ionomer comprising a quadruple hydrogen bonding unit (4H-unit) and an ionic group within the polymer structure, wherein the supramolecular ionomer has the formula: -[(a) p -(b) q -(c) r -(d) s ]- wherein: (a) is a monomeric unit represented by: (4H) k —(F i ) l ,wherein F i comprises a reactive group linked to a 4H-unit, and k is at least 1 and l is at least 2, the 4H-unit being selected from the group consisting of: wherein X is a nitrogen atom, or a carbon atom with an attached R4 group, wherein R4 is a hydrogen, a saturated or unsaturated, branched, cyclic or linear alkyl chains, aryl chains, alkaryl chains, alkylaryl chains, ester chains, or ether chains, optionally substituted with one or more functionalities, wherein R1, R2, and R3 is independently a hydrogen, a saturated or unsaturated, branched, cyclic or linear alkyl chains, aryl chains, alkaryl chains, alkylaryl chains, ester chains, or ether chains, optionally substituted with one or more functionalities, and wherein at least two of R1, R2, R3, and R4 connects, directly or indirectly, to F i , and each F i is coupled to another monomeric unit, (b) is a macromonomeric unit, (c) is a monomeric unit comprising an ionic group, (d) is a reactive monomeric unit, p=2-200, q=2-50, r=1-200 and s is 0-200.