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POLYMER CHEMISTRY
Volume 4, Issue 18, Pages 4860-4870Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3py00081h
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- EPSRC
- Domino Printing Sciences
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/G026203/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- EPSRC [EP/G026203/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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This mini-review details the recent development of self-healing and mendable polymeric materials which take advantage of the reversible characteristics of non-covalent interactions during their physical recovery process. Supramolecular polymer systems which undergo spontaneous (autonomous) healing, as well as those which require external stimuli to initiate the healing process (healable/mendable), are introduced and discussed. Supramolecular polymers offer key advantages over alternative approaches, as these materials can typically withstand multiple healing cycles without substantial loss of performance, as a consequence of the highly directional and fully reversible non-covalent interactions present within the polymer matrix.
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