Self-healing materials open new prospects for more sustainable technologies with improved
material performance and devices' longevity. We present an overview of the recent …

Inspired by the self‐healing function of living organisms, self‐healing materials have been
developed in recent decades to very high standards. As a new direction, self‐healing fibrous …

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

The intrinsic compliance of soft robots provides safety, a natural adaptation to its
environment, allows to absorb shocks, and protects them against mechanical impacts …

Due to their potential applications in physiological monitoring, diagnosis, human prosthetics,
haptic perception, and human–machine interaction, flexible tactile sensors have attracted …

Ever since the emergence of polymers, there has been interest in the production of “self-
healing” materials. Over the last decade this dream has become closer to reality with the …

The vitrimer-thermoset concept represents an important contribution to improve the durability
and recyclability of thermoset-systems. The concept of Associative Dynamic Covalent …

A biomimetic (titin protein molecular structure) strategy is reported for preparing transparent
and healable elastomers featuring supertoughness (345 MJ m− 3) and high tensile strength …

Recent advances in the field of additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing, have garnered
serious interest for its potential to substitute time-consuming and costly subtractive and …

3D printing of polymeric materials for various applications has been quickly developed in
recent years. In contrast to thermoplastics, 3D printed thermosets, although desirable, are …