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 …

Significant advances have been made in the development of self-healing synthetic polymer
materials in recent years. This review article discusses the recent progress in preparation …

Mechanically robust elastomers with the functionalities of room-temperature self-healing
ability and even recyclability provide new opportunities to revolutionize next-generation …

It is attractive, though it is very challenging, to synthesize conductive elastomers with high
transparency and self-healing ability, simultaneously with facile and environmentally friendly …

Synthetic materials used in a wide range of applications are prone to damage in the form of
cracking/microcracking. Catastrophic failure of the materials may occur due to the growth …

Self-healing materials (SHEM) have extensive characteristics that significantly influence
structural and polymeric components' damage detection and healing behaviour. The …

The versatility of polymeric materials as healing agents to prevent any structure failure and
their ability to restore their initial mechanical properties has attracted interest from many …

Shape memory polymers (SMPs) have received immense attention from materials research
community thanks to their unrivaled properties such as high recoverable strains (up to …

Conductive polymer hydrogels (CPHs), which combine the unique advantages of hydrogels
and organic conductors, have received wide attention due to their adjustable mechanical …

Self-lubricating materials inevitably suffered mechanical damage such as wear, micro-
scratch and cracks, which will shorten the service life of materials. The highlight of this work …