A review on polymers and their composites for flexible electronics

L Li, L Han, H Hu, R Zhang - Materials Advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Flexible electronics have become an important trend in the information era. Consequently,
the utilization of conventional metals and inorganic semiconductors is restricted in flexible …

Biodegradable elastomers for biomedical applications

S Chen, Y Wang, L Yang, C Chu, S Cao, Z Wang… - Progress in Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Synthetic biodegradable elastomers, such as polyesters and polyurethanes have
revolutionized biomedical therapeutic strategies and devices. Driven by innovations in …

Self-healable, solvent response cellulose nanocrystal/waterborne polyurethane nanocomposites with encryption capability

R Xue, H Zhao, ZW An, W Wu, Y Jiang, P Li… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cellulose nanocrystal (CNC)-based chiral nematic structure is widely used in stimulus
response and sensing. A popular area of research is enhancing the mechanical …

A puncture‐resistant and self‐healing conductive gel for multifunctional electronic skin

KX Hou, SP Zhao, DP Wang, PC Zhao… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible electronic skins (e‐skins) play a very important role in the development of human–
machine interaction and wearable devices. To fully mimic the functions of human skin, e …

Ultrafast, autonomous self-healable iontronic skin exhibiting piezo-ionic dynamics

EK Boahen, B Pan, H Kweon, JS Kim, H Choi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The self-healing properties and ionic sensing capabilities of the human skin offer inspiring
groundwork for the designs of stretchable iontronic skins. However, from electronic to ionic …

Ultrafast self‐healing, superstretchable, and ultra‐strong polymer cluster‐based adhesive based on aromatic acid cross‐linkers for excellent hydrogel strain sensors

C Chen, X Pang, Y Li, X Yu - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic hydrogel strain sensors rarely exhibit a comprehensive combination of mechanical
properties such as ultra‐stretchability, ultrafast self‐healing, and high sensitivity. Herein …

Dual-hard phase structures make mechanically tough and autonomous self-healable polyurethane elastomers

X Wu, J Zhang, H Li, H Gao, M Wu, Z Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
It is a key challenge to combine high mechanical strength and excellent autonomous self-
healing properties in one elastomer to match the requirements of commercial applications …

A self‐healing and ionic liquid affiliative polyurethane toward a piezo 2 protein inspired ionic skin

C Chen, WB Ying, J Li, Z Kong, F Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ionic skin (I‐Skin) has the advantage of feasible compatibility with biological systems.
Nevertheless, develo** a stable and durable ionic skin is challenging. Here, an ionic …

Highly efficient self-healable and robust fluorinated polyurethane elastomer for wearable electronics

Y Jia, L Zhang, M Qin, Y Li, S Gu, Q Guan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Self-healable polyurethanes (PUs) containing reversible dynamic bonds have been widely
recognized and rapidly developed in recent years. Because the self-heal capability and …

Self-healing, anti-freezing and highly stretchable polyurethane ionogel as ionic skin for wireless strain sensing

J Xu, H Wang, X Du, X Cheng, Z Du, H Wang - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the ability to reliably convert stimuli into electrical signals, ILs-based ionogel devices
are of great importance in artificial sensors, wearable devices and soft robots. Yet profound …