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

Tissue engineering is a promising and revolutionary strategy to treat patients who suffer the
loss or failure of an organ or tissue, with the aim to restore the dysfunctional tissues and …

Dynamic covalent polymer networks (DCPN) have historically attracted attention for their
unique roles in chemical recycling and self-healing, which are both relevant for sustainable …

Reversible-deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) processes, such as atom transfer
radical polymerization (ATRP), reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) …

Stretchable electronics, which can retain their functions under stretching, have attracted
great interest in recent decades. Elastic substrates, which bear the applied strain and …

Thermoset elastomers are widely used in industry and frontier research due to their
advantage of mechanical robustness, high thermal/chemical resistance, and good …

The presence of micropores/cracks and the poor self-healing performance cause the
organic coating to degrade its protective ability during long-term corrosion. In this work, a bio …

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

Zinc‐based batteries are potential candidates for flexible energy storage due to their high
capacity, low cost, and intrinsic safety. Hydrogel electrolytes with saturated aqueous …

Intrinsic self-healing polymeric materials are substances that relieve external stress and
restore their original mechanical properties after extreme damage via dynamic covalent …