The concept of self-healing that involves a built-in ability to heal in response to damage wherever and whenever it occurs in a material,analogous to the healing process in living organisms,has emerged a couple of dec...The concept of self-healing that involves a built-in ability to heal in response to damage wherever and whenever it occurs in a material,analogous to the healing process in living organisms,has emerged a couple of decades ago.Driven primarily by the demands for life-like materials and soft smart materials,therefore,the development of self-healing polymeric hydrogels has continually attracted the attention of the scientific community.Here,this review is intended to give an in-depth overview of the state-of-the-art advances in the field of self-healing polymeric hydrogels.Specifically,recently emerging trends in self-healing polymeric hydrogels are summarized,and notably,recommendations to endow these hydrogels with fascinating multi-functionalities including luminescence,conductivity/magnetism and shape memory etc are presented.To close,the current challenges and future opportunities in this field are also discussed.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51773215,21774138)the Sino-German Mobility Programme(No.M-0424)+4 种基金Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences,Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.QYZDB-SSW-SLH036)Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.2019297)Xiaoling Zuo is grateful for the financial supported by Science and Technology Fund of Guizhou Provinee,China(No.[2020]1 Y209)the Overseas Talents Selection Fund of Guizhou Province,China(No.[2020]11)Fund Project of Guizhou Minzu University,China(No.GZMU[2019]YB23).
文摘The concept of self-healing that involves a built-in ability to heal in response to damage wherever and whenever it occurs in a material,analogous to the healing process in living organisms,has emerged a couple of decades ago.Driven primarily by the demands for life-like materials and soft smart materials,therefore,the development of self-healing polymeric hydrogels has continually attracted the attention of the scientific community.Here,this review is intended to give an in-depth overview of the state-of-the-art advances in the field of self-healing polymeric hydrogels.Specifically,recently emerging trends in self-healing polymeric hydrogels are summarized,and notably,recommendations to endow these hydrogels with fascinating multi-functionalities including luminescence,conductivity/magnetism and shape memory etc are presented.To close,the current challenges and future opportunities in this field are also discussed.