Cellulose-based ionic conductor: An emerging material toward sustainable devices

Y Ye, L Yu, E Lizundia, Y Zhu, C Chen… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ionic conductors (ICs) find widespread applications across different fields, such as smart
electronic, ionotronic, sensor, biomedical, and energy harvesting/storage devices, and …

Intrinsically self-healing polymers: from mechanistic insight to current challenges

B Li, PF Cao, T Saito, AP Sokolov - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Self-healing materials open new prospects for more sustainable technologies with improved
material performance and devices' longevity. We present an overview of the recent …

Naturally sourced hydrogels: emerging fundamental materials for next-generation healthcare sensing

Z Wang, H Wei, Y Huang, Y Wei, J Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The flourishing development of flexible healthcare sensing systems is inseparable from the
fundamental materials with application-oriented mechanical and electrical properties …

Probing and manipulating noncovalent interactions in functional polymeric systems

J Chen, Q Peng, X Peng, H Zhang, H Zeng - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Noncovalent interactions, which usually feature tunable strength, reversibility, and
environmental adaptability, have been recognized as driving forces in a variety of biological …

Self-healing polymers for electronics and energy devices

Y Zhou, L Li, Z Han, Q Li, J He, Q Wang - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polymers are extensively exploited as active materials in a variety of electronics and energy
devices because of their tailorable electrical properties, mechanical flexibility, facile …

Two-birds-one-stone: multifunctional supercapacitors beyond traditional energy storage

Y Zhou, H Qi, J Yang, Z Bo, F Huang… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The last decade has witnessed an extensive uptake of clean and sustainable energy
sources to meet the surging energy demand while mitigating the increasing levels of …

High-strength hydrogels: Fabrication, reinforcement mechanisms, and applications

H Huang, Z Dong, X Ren, B Jia, G Li, S Zhou, X Zhao… - Nano Research, 2023 - Springer
With the continuous appearance and expansion of high-strength hydrogels in emerging
fields such as industry, medicine, and green development, the synthesis and application of …

Designing self-healing hydrogels for biomedical applications

X Ding, L Fan, L Wang, M Zhou, Y Wang, Y Zhao - Materials Horizons, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-healing hydrogels have emerged as the most promising alternatives to conventional
brittle hydrogels used in the biomedical field due to the features of long-term stability and …

Engineering smart composite hydrogels for wearable disease monitoring

J Li, Q Ding, H Wang, Z Wu, X Gui, C Li, N Hu, K Tao… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
Growing health awareness triggers the public's concern about health problems. People want
a timely and comprehensive picture of their condition without frequent trips to the hospital for …

Healable and self-healing polyurethanes using dynamic chemistry

RH Aguirresarobe, S Nevejans, B Reck, L Irusta… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ever since the emergence of polymers, there has been interest in the production of “self-
healing” materials. Over the last decade this dream has become closer to reality with the …