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 …

The rise of intelligent matter

C Kaspar, BJ Ravoo, WG van der Wiel, SV Wegner… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating the development of unconventional computing
paradigms inspired by the abilities and energy efficiency of the brain. The human brain …

Engineering of chain rigidity and hydrogen bond cross‐linking toward ultra‐strong, healable, recyclable, and water‐resistant elastomers

Z Guo, X Lu, X Wang, X Li, J Li, J Sun - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
High‐performance elastomers have gained significant interest because of their wide
applications in industry and our daily life. However, it remains a great challenge to fabricate …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Self-healing by Diels-Alder cycloaddition in advanced functional polymers: A review

CR Ratwani, AR Kamali, AM Abdelkader - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Healable, recyclable, and mechanically tough polyurethane elastomers with exceptional damage tolerance

X Wang, S Zhan, Z Lu, J Li, X Yang, Y Qiao… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There is a huge requirement of elastomers for use in tires, seals, and shock absorbers every
year worldwide. In view of a sustainable society, the next generation of elastomers is …

Highly compressible glass-like supramolecular polymer networks

Z Huang, X Chen, SJK O'Neill, G Wu, DJ Whitaker… - Nature materials, 2022 - nature.com
Supramolecular polymer networks are non-covalently crosslinked soft materials that exhibit
unique mechanical features such as self-healing, high toughness and stretchability …

A review on self-healing polymers for soft robotics

S Terryn, J Langenbach, E Roels, J Brancart… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
The intrinsic compliance of soft robots provides safety, a natural adaptation to its
environment, allows to absorb shocks, and protects them against mechanical impacts …