Concern over the production, use, and disposal of polymeric materials have led to increased
societal pressure to search for sustainable alternatives that are better aligned with circular …

Hard segments of polyurethanes (PUs) are generally formed from diisocyanate and diol.
Diol can be replaced with triol and thiol. These chemical structures of hard segments …

The development of intrinsic self-healing elastomers with simultaneous high mechanical
strength, toughness and room-temperature reparability remains a formidable challenge …

Elastomers have many industrial, medical and commercial applications, however, their huge
demand raises an important question of how to dispose of the out‐of‐service elastomers …

Acquiring simultaneous high strength and toughness, and efficient self-healability of
polyurethane (PU) elastomer is of great challenge due to their exclusive dependence on …

Artificial materials with biomimic self‐healing ability are fascinating, however, the balance
between mechanical properties and self‐healing performance is always a challenge. Here …

Untethered soft fiber actuators are advancing toward next‐generation artificial muscles, with
rotating polymer fibers allowing controlled rotational deformations and contractions …

Considerable amounts of waste chitin are produced every year from the fishing industry;
however, the efficient utilization of natural chitin remains a challenge. To expand the …

The macroscopic properties of polymers could be significantly affected by subtle structural
changes in the building blocks, either in a beneficial or detrimental manner. Therefore, it is of …

Despite the rapid development of elastomers as safeguard materials, efforts remain to be
made to further improve their comprehensive mechanical properties and endow them with …