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 …

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 …

Intrinsic self-healing polymeric materials are substances that relieve external stress and
restore their original mechanical properties after extreme damage via dynamic covalent …

Self‐healing ability is an important survival feature in nature, with which living beings can
spontaneously repair damage when wounded. Inspired by nature, people have designed …

Hydrogels are hydrophilic, three-dimensional networks that are able to absorb large
quantities of water or biological fluids, and thus have the potential to be used as prime …

It is a challenge to synthesize materials that possess the properties of biological muscles—
strong, elastic and capable of self-healing. Herein we report a network of poly …

Shape memory polymers (SMPs) represent a highly interesting class of materials. As one
representative of the intelligent polymeric systems, these materials gained significant …

Supramolecular polymer networks are materials crosslinked by reversible supramolecular
interactions, such as hydrogen bonding or electrostatic interactions. Supramolecular …

Stimuli-responsive polymers adapt to their surrounding environment. These polymers are
capable of responding to a variety of external stimuli, which include optical, electrical …

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 …