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 …

Polymers are extensively exploited as active materials in a variety of electronics and energy
devices because of their tailorable electrical properties, mechanical flexibility, facile …

Polymers and polymer composites with advanced functions have attracted great attention
following the development of modern science and technologies. Nevertheless, damages of …

Dynamic covalent polymer networks (DCPN) have historically attracted attention for their
unique roles in chemical recycling and self-healing, which are both relevant for sustainable …

Impact-stiffening materials that undergo a strain rate-induced soft-to-rigid transition hold
great promise as soft armors in the protection of the human body and equipment. However …

Stretchable electronics, which can retain their functions under stretching, have attracted
great interest in recent decades. Elastic substrates, which bear the applied strain and …

Freeze casting, also known as ice templating, is a particularly versatile technique that has
been applied extensively for the fabrication of well‐controlled biomimetic porous materials …

Recent progress in electronic skin or e‐skin research is broadly reviewed, focusing on
technologies needed in three main applications: skin‐attachable electronics, robotics, and …

The fabrication of highly durable skin‐mimicking sensors remains challenging because of
the unavoidable fatigue and physical damage that sensors are subjected to in practical …

Biological systems have the powerful ability to self-heal. Human skin can, for example,
autonomously heal from wounds of various degrees, allowing it to restore its mechanical …