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Advanced Materials for Use in Soft Self‐Healing Devices
Author(s) -
Huynh TanPhat,
Sonar Prashant,
Haick Hossam
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201604973
Subject(s) - self healing , materials science , self healing material , nanotechnology , soft materials , durability , wearable technology , wearable computer , supercapacitor , reliability (semiconductor) , composite material , computer science , electrode , medicine , power (physics) , chemistry , alternative medicine , physics , pathology , electrochemistry , quantum mechanics , embedded system
Devices integrated with self‐healing ability can benefit from long‐term use as well as enhanced reliability, maintenance and durability. This progress report reviews the developments in the field of self‐healing polymers/composites and wearable devices thereof. One part of the progress report presents and discusses several aspects of the self‐healing materials chemistry (from non‐covalent to reversible covalent‐based mechanisms), as well as the required main approaches used for functionalizing the composites to enhance their electrical conductivity, magnetic, dielectric, electroactive and/or photoactive properties. The second and complementary part of the progress report links the self‐healing materials with partially or fully self‐healing device technologies, including wearable sensors, supercapacitors, solar cells and fabrics. Some of the strong and weak points in the development of each self‐healing device are clearly highlighted and criticized, respectively. Several ideas regarding further improvement of soft self‐healing devices are proposed.