Self‐Healing Polymers Based on Coordination Bonds

• Published in: Advanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 32; no. 27; pp. e1903762 - n/a
• Main Authors: Li, Cheng‐Hui, Zuo, Jing‐Lin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.07.2020
• Subjects: Bonding agents; Chemical bonds; Coordination; coordination bonds; Covalent bonds; Healing; Ligands; Magnetism; Materials science; metals; Polymers; self‐healing; Shape memory; ligands; metals; coordination bonds; polymers; self-healing

Self‐healing ability is an important survival feature in nature, with which living beings can spontaneously repair damage when wounded. Inspired by nature, people have designed and synthesized many self‐healing materials by encapsulating healing agents or incorporating reversible covalent bonds or n...