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

Emerging technologies are increasingly reliant on materials that deliver multiple
functionality. For example, hydrogels using dynamic covalent crosslinks have proven well …

Due to their dynamic qualities and potential uses in fields such as biomedicine, tissue
engineering, drug delivery, soft materials, and sensing, hydrogels have gained increased …

In recent years, cucurbit [n] urils (CB [n] or Q [n] s) have attracted considerable attention on
account of their unique structural and host–guest binding properties. In this review, we …

The self-healing property increases the service life of materials by spontaneously repairing
the cracks or fractures. The selection of the appropriate self-healing materials having a fast …

Self-healing gels, which are able to restore their original shape/condition after damage,
have recently attracted considerable interest. The present review provides an update on the …

Introduction: Hydrogels are of special importance, owing to their high-water content and
various applications in biomedical and bio-engineering research. Self-healing properties is …

Permanent polymer networks present an important sustainability challenge. Irreversible
covalent crosslinks impart these materials excellent mechanical properties, thermal and …

In the marine environment, the protective coatings face serious corrosion and biofouling
problem, limitations, and challenges that made self-healing coatings unable to perform both …

Living systems, including human beings, animals, and plants, display the power to self-heal
spontaneously after being damaged. The self-healing is usually selective, which means that …