The invention provides self-repairing TPU (
thermoplastic polyurethane) optical resin as well as a preparation method and application thereof. According to the self-repairing TPU optical resin disclosed by the invention, dithio
diethylene glycol is deliberately selected as a cross-linking agent to introduce a dynamic
disulfide bond, so that a material network is endowed with dynamic reversibility; meanwhile, a
thiocarbamate bond and a dynamic
metal coordination bond are introduced to a
polyurethane main chain, the multi-dynamic bond action mechanism breaks through the
bottleneck of low self-repairing efficiency of a single dynamic bond in the past, and on the basis of ensuring the
mechanical strength performance under the normal temperature condition, the material can be effectively repaired when being subjected to microscopic damage, so that the self-repairing efficiency of the material is greatly improved. And the exchange reaction of covalent
hydrogen bonds and disulfide bonds can be triggered through external stimulation, so that the self-repairing of the damaged part is realized, the anti-scraping performance of the optical element is remarkably improved, and the service life is prolonged. The TPU optical resin provided by the invention has high-efficiency self-repairing performance, is recycled and regenerated, and realizes performance balance among high
refractive index, low dispersion and
mechanical strength.