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 …

Photoresponsive supramolecular polymers: from light‐controlled small molecules to smart materials

F Xu, BL Feringa - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photoresponsive supramolecular polymers are well‐organized assemblies based on highly
oriented and reversible noncovalent interactions containing photosensitive molecules as (co …

Development of conductive hydrogels for fabricating flexible strain sensors

G Li, C Li, G Li, D Yu, Z Song, H Wang, X Liu, H Liu… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Conductive hydrogels can be prepared by incorporating various conductive materials into
polymeric network hydrogels. In recent years, conductive hydrogels have been developed …

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 …

Ultrahigh mechanical strength and robust room-temperature self-healing properties of a polyurethane–graphene oxide network resulting from multiple dynamic bonds

X Zhu, W Zhang, G Lu, H Zhao, L Wang - Acs Nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Addressing the conflict between achieving high mechanical properties and room-
temperature self-healing ability is extremely significant to achieving a breakthrough in the …

Dynamic and reconfigurable materials from reversible network interactions

MJ Webber, MW Tibbitt - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Polymer materials provide solutions to some of the most pressing environmental,
manufacturing and health-care challenges. Traditional thermoplastic and thermoset …

Dynamic covalent polymer networks: a molecular platform for designing functions beyond chemical recycling and self-healing

N Zheng, Y Xu, Q Zhao, T **e - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
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 …

Self-healing polymers

S Wang, MW Urban - Nature Reviews Materials, 2020 - nature.com
Self-healing is the capability of a material to recover from physical damage. Both physical
and chemical approaches have been used to construct self-healing polymers. These include …

Phase-locked constructing dynamic supramolecular ionic conductive elastomers with superior toughness, autonomous self-healing and recyclability

J Chen, Y Gao, L Shi, W Yu, Z Sun, Y Zhou… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Stretchable ionic conductors are considerable to be the most attractive candidate for next-
generation flexible ionotronic devices. Nevertheless, high ionic conductivity, excellent …

Ionic flexible sensors: mechanisms, materials, structures, and applications

C Zhao, Y Wang, G Tang, J Ru, Z Zhu… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past few decades, flexible sensors have been developed from the “electronic” level
to the “iontronic” level, and gradually to the “ionic” level. Ionic flexible sensors (IFS) are one …