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 …

Probing and manipulating noncovalent interactions in functional polymeric systems

J Chen, Q Peng, X Peng, H Zhang, H Zeng - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Noncovalent interactions, which usually feature tunable strength, reversibility, and
environmental adaptability, have been recognized as driving forces in a variety of biological …

Vascular smooth muscle-inspired architecture enables soft yet tough self-healing materials for durable capacitive strain-sensor

FY Sun, LF Liu, T Liu, XB Wang, Q Qi, ZS Hang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Catastrophically mechanical failure of soft self-healing materials is unavoidable due to their
inherently poor resistance to crack propagation. Here, with a model system, ie, soft self …

Skin-like mechanoresponsive self-healing ionic elastomer from supramolecular zwitterionic network

W Zhang, B Wu, S Sun, P Wu - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
Stretchable ionic skins are intriguing in mimicking the versatile sensations of natural skins.
However, for their applications in advanced electronics, good elastic recovery, self-healing …

Recent progress in essential functions of soft electronic skin

J Chen, Y Zhu, X Chang, D Pan, G Song… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Inspired by the human skin, electronic skins (e‐skins) composed of various flexible sensors,
such as strain sensor, pressure sensor, shear force sensor, temperature sensor, and humility …

Highly oxidation‐resistant and self‐healable MXene‐based hydrogels for wearable strain sensor

A Chae, G Murali, SY Lee, J Gwak… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Very recently, MXene‐based wearable hydrogels have emerged as promising candidates
for epidermal sensors due to their tissue‐like softness and unique electrical and mechanical …

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 …

Mechanoluminescence rebrightening the prospects of stress sensing: a review

Y Zhuang, RJ Xie - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of new applications, such as in artificial intelligence, the internet of things,
and biotechnology, has driven the evolution of stress sensing technology. For these …

Elastic vitrimers: Beyond thermoplastic and thermoset elastomers

J Luo, Z Demchuk, X Zhao, T Saito, M Tian, AP Sokolov… - Matter, 2022 - cell.com
Thermoset elastomers are widely used in industry and frontier research due to their
advantage of mechanical robustness, high thermal/chemical resistance, and good …

Flexible wearable sensors for cardiovascular health monitoring

S Chen, J Qi, S Fan, Z Qiao, JC Yeo… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiovascular diseases account for the highest mortality globally, but recent advances in
wearable technologies may potentially change how these illnesses are diagnosed and …