The ability of artificial materials to be healed efficiently, mimicking the living organisms,
exhibits a great deal of potential advantages that can revolutionise the operation and …

Natural evolution has provided multicellular organisms with sophisticated functionalities and
repair mechanisms for surviving and preserve their functions after an injury and/or infection …

Multifunctional energy storage and conversion devices that incorporate novel features and
functions in intelligent and interactive modes, represent a radical advance in consumer …

Epoxy resins, as a typical class of thermosetting polymers, have widespread industrial
applications such as adhesives, coatings, electronic encapsulants, and polymer matrices for …

Covalently crosslinked materials, classically referred to as thermosets, represent a broad
class of elastic materials that readily retain their shape and molecular architecture through …

The material would inevitably suffer a series of damages in operation, including cracks,
piercing and delamination, which would lead to a degradation of performance and even …

Catalytic control of bond exchange reactions enables healing of cross-linked polymer
materials under a wide range of conditions. The healing capability at high temperatures is …

Polymers with the ability to repair themselves after sustaining damage could extend the
lifetimes of materials used in many applications. Most approaches to healable materials …

The development of self-healing materials has received much research attention in the last
two decades. This review paper gathers recent publications on the self-healing polymeric …

Self‐healing materials are able to partially or completely heal damage inflicted on them, eg,
crack formation; it is anticipated that the original functionality can be restored. This article …