Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Wenbin Niu, Xianfei Cao, Yunpeng Wang, Bowen Yao, Yusen Zhao, Jie Cheng, Suli Wu, Shufen Zhang, Ximin He
Summary: Vitrimers with dynamic covalent bonds show self-healability and mechanical robustness, but their potential for optical function recovery is underexplored. A novel photonic vitrimer combining photonic crystals and vitrimers exhibits high mechanical stability, creep-resistance, and self-healing ability, making it suitable for sensory applications and interactive devices. This material design provides a general strategy for functionalizing vitrimers optically, showing promise for soft robotics, wearable devices, and human-machine interaction.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Polymer Science
Xinqin Zhou, Zhou Gong, Jianfeng Fan, Yukun Chen
Summary: The study presents the design and synthesis of a novel polysiloxane elastomer using dynamic microphase separation to achieve a balance between excellent mechanical properties and high self-healing efficiency. The elastomer exhibits outstanding tensile strength, stretchability, and fracture toughness, surpassing previous reports. The locked disulfide bonds in the elastomer can be activated above the Tg, offering excellent self-healing ability and recyclability.
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Zhipeng Yang, Hongqiang Li, Yunchang Zhong, Xuejun Lai, Jianping Ding, Zhonghua Chen, Xingrong Zeng
Summary: With the development of flexible electronics and the deterioration of the natural environment, functional and environmentally friendly flexible strain sensors have become a research hotspot. A novel strategy to synthesize a functional epoxy elastomer integrating self-healing capability and degradability for flexible stretchable strain sensors is proposed. The elastomer exhibits high tensile stress, large stretchability, high healing efficiency, and superior degradability. The elastomer-based stretchable strain sensor with microstructure shows high sensitivity and can detect human motions and recognize objects with various shapes. The prepared functional epoxy elastomer is significant for the preparation of environmentally friendly and high-performance sensors.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2022)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Zhipeng Yang, Hongqiang Li, Yunchang Zhong, Xuejun Lai, Jianping Ding, Zhonghua Chen, Xingrong Zeng
Summary: A novel strategy was proposed to synthesize a functional epoxy elastomer with self-healing capability and degradability for flexible strain sensors. The elastomer exhibited high sensitivity and was successfully applied for detecting human motions and recognizing objects with various shapes.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Zhijun Ren, Tao Ke, Qiangjun Ling, Li Zhao, Haibin Gu
Summary: A hydrogel sensor based on O-CMCS and PVA was prepared in this study, showing excellent mechanical properties and biocompatibility for monitoring human organ movements. Addition of carbon nanotubes improved the electrical conductivity and self-healing ability of the hydrogel.
CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Tao Hu, Shouhu Xuan, Quan Shu, Zhenbang Xu, Longjiang Shen, Jun Li, Xinglong Gong
Summary: This strain sensor, with triple-shape memory effect, stimulus-dependent conductivity, and magnetically driven properties, has strong adaptability in morphology, ability to generate electrical signals, and wide application potential, making it a promising candidate for future intelligent electronic devices.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C
(2021)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Xiong Liu, Zhijun Ren, Fangfei Liu, Li Zhao, Qiangjun Ling, Haibin Gu
Summary: Hydrogel-based flexible strain sensors have great potential in various applications such as body movement tracking and disease diagnosis. By utilizing dual network hydrogels, researchers have developed composite hydrogels with self-healing, biocompatibility, stretchability, and high sensitivity, which can be used for monitoring human motions and respiratory movements.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2021)
Review
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Zhenping Ma, Heng Li, Xin Jing, Yuejun Liu, Hao-Yang Mi
Summary: This article systematically reviewed the recent advances in the development of self-healing composite elastomers for flexible strain sensors, including various self-healing elastomeric matrixes, dynamic linkages, choice of conductive fillers, and critical performance parameters. By combining healing mechanisms and hybrid conductive networks, insights were provided to control sensing performances and inspire the development of high-performance flexible strain sensors.
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Composites
Tingting Yu, Xiaozhou Lu, Weimin Bao
Summary: A high electrical self-healing flexible strain sensor (ESFSS) based on multi-walled carbon nanotubes and polydimethylsiloxane (MWCNT-PDMS) elastomer is proposed in this paper. The ESFSS has the advantages of high flexibility, biocompatibility, and electrical self-healing ability. By introducing conductive filler (MWCNT), the ESFSS achieves high sensitivity and a wide measurement range. The electrical healing mechanism and sensing mechanism of the ESFSS are analyzed and a high electrical healing efficiency (EFE) of 97.8% is demonstrated. With high gauge factor (GF) values and a wide measurement range, the ESFSS shows great potential for human motion detection.
COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Cristian Valenzuela, Yuanhao Chen, Ling Wang, Wei Feng
Summary: The marriage of liquid crystal elastomers with dynamic covalent chemistry offers a new paradigm for the development of versatile and intelligent polymers, which is of great significance for emerging applications such as adaptive optics, soft robotics, bioinspired camouflage, and 3D/4D printing technology.
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Lun Zhang, Xiaoyu Zhang, Huiyuan Zhang, Liqiang Xu, Dong Wang, Xingyuan Lu, Aimin Zhang
Summary: In this study, a flexible sensor with a unique multiscale conductive layer structure was fabricated by spraying conductive substances onto an elastomer. The sensor exhibits self-healing, high sensitivity, and large stretchability. It achieves high sensitivity, a wide sensitivity range, excellent durability, fast response, and can detect pressure and withstand daily contact. Furthermore, the sensor's mechanical and electrical properties can be restored through a crosslink network.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Yang Liu, Zetian Zhang, Weiwei Fan, Kaifeng Yang, Zhengjun Li
Summary: This study develops a thermally induced self-healing system with robust mechanical properties and shape memory function by incorporating dynamic phenol-carbamate bonds formed by renewable monomers into waterborne polyurethane. By adjusting the content of phenol-carbamate bonds, a good balance is achieved between self-healing ability and robust mechanical properties.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Di Zhao, Qianrui Li, Lei Guo, Chunmei Yue, Jing Yang, Yige Wang, Huanrong Li
Summary: A new strategy of dynamic hard domains is reported for the fabrication of versatile materials with self-healing and luminescence abilities. The materials exhibit unprecedented stretchability and high toughness, enabled by hydrogen bonding and lanthanide-bipyridine coordination interactions. This approach provides an alternative method for preparing self-healing luminescent materials with superior stretchability and high toughness.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ze-Wei An, Rui Xue, Kang Ye, Hui Zhao, Yang Liu, Peng Li, Zhen-Ming Chen, Chong-Xing Huang, Guo-Hua Hu
Summary: In order to meet more application requirements, improving the mechanical properties and self-healing efficiency has become the focus of current research on self-healing PU. To address the competitive relationship between self-healing ability and mechanical properties, growing studies have combined dynamic covalent bonding with other self-healing methods to construct the PU structure.
Article
Polymer Science
Xiaoyue Wang, Jing Xu, Yaoming Zhang, Tingmei Wang, Qihua Wang, Zenghui Yang, Xinrui Zhang
Summary: In this study, a high-strength and high-toughness thermosetting shape memory polyurethane was prepared using a chain extender with dual dynamic covalent bonds, which exhibited excellent mechanical properties and self-healing effects. The polyurethane demonstrated outstanding low-temperature flexibility, shape memory properties, and high healing efficiency.
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chenxuan Xu, Guang Yang, Daxiong Wu, Meng Yao, Chunxian Xing, Jiahe Zhang, Haitao Zhang, Fang Li, Yuezhan Feng, Shihan Qi, Ming Zhuo, Jianmin Ma
Summary: Ionic liquids are considered promising electrolyte solvents or additives for rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors due to their superior physical and electrochemical properties. A roadmap highlighting the progress, critical techniques, opportunities, and challenges of ionic liquid electrolytes for various energy storage devices has been proposed to guide future research in this area.
CHEMISTRY-AN ASIAN JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Linbo Zhang, Qin Zheng, Liangjun Yin, Guang Yang, Jianliang Xie, Longjiang Deng
Summary: The study proposed a strategy to enhance the thermal stability and corrosion resistance of FCI by constructing organic-inorganic hybrid shells on the surface of FCI particles.
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yaduo Song, Yanxin Jiang, QingQing Hu, Longjiang Deng, Guang Yang
Summary: In this work, a polymer/inorganic hybrid electrolyte containing imidazolium-based ionic liquids was prepared with excellent thermal stability and electrochemical properties for lithium metal batteries. The study provides a novel approach for constructing PIHEs with covalent linkage and decent properties.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Guang Yang, Qingqing Hu, Wenhao Yang, Wangyi Zeng, Yanxin Jiang, Liang Chai, Longjiang Deng
Summary: The use of organic polyolefin copolymer as a protective layer can effectively reduce the reactivity of carbonyl iron particles under corrosive environments, enhancing their corrosion resistance.
MATERIALS TODAY COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yaduo Song, Yanxin Jiang, Longjiang Deng, Guang Yang
Summary: In this study, a new type of quasi-solid polymer network electrolyte with good mechanical flexibility and high ionic conductivity was developed. It showed a high lithium ion transference number and good electrochemical stability, enabling stable cycling of lithium metal batteries. The electrolyte also exhibited high specific capacity and good stability during lithium plating and stripping.
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yanxin Jiang, Yaduo Song, Xing Chen, Hongjian Wang, Longjiang Deng, Guang Yang
Summary: A self-healable quasi-solid hybrid electrolyte has been developed for next-generation lithium metal batteries. This electrolyte shows high ionic conductivity and wide electrochemical stability window, and exhibits excellent performance in lithium symmetrical cells and lithium iron phosphate cathodes.
ENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Linbo Zhang, Xianyu Jiang, Liangjun Yin, Guang Yang, Jianliang Xie, Li Zhang, Haipeng Lu, Difei Liang, Longjiang Deng
Summary: The anti-corrosion properties of carbonyl iron (CI) and fluorinated carbonyl iron-hydrophobic composites (CI@PFOTES) under neutral salt spray were studied. The results showed the appearance of various corrosion products (Fe2O3, FeOOH, Fe3O4, etc.) after 192 hours of corrosion, indicating the corrosion process: Fe ??? Fe2 + ??? Fe3 +. In contrast, CI@PFOTES composites exhibited minor corrosion characteristics due to the hydrophobic nature of the PFOTES coating. However, the protective layer also experienced partial failure due to hydrolysis aging effect. In terms of electromagnetic properties, CI@PFOTES showed a more severe downward trend compared to CI due to the formation of various weak magnetic phase oxidation products.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Qing-Qing Hu, Liang Chai, Ke Liang, Yan-Xin Jiang, Guang Yang, Lin-Bo Zhang, Liang-Jun Yin, Xin Wang, Tao Liu, Hai-Peng Lu, Long-Jiang Deng
Summary: In this study, corrosion-resistant carbonyl iron coatings were successfully prepared. The coatings increased the thermal decomposition temperature of carbonyl iron and resisted the attack of corrosive media. Furthermore, the coatings improved the impedance matching properties of carbonyl iron as a microwave absorber and exhibited good dissolution resistance.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Guanqun Zhang, Lijie Wang, Jinghui Wang, Guoan Li, Guangyi Huang, Guang Yang, Huanyi Xue, Zhongfeng Ning, Yueshen Wu, Jin-Peng Xu, Yanru Song, Zhenghua An, Changlin Zheng, Jie Shen, Jun Li, Yan Chen, Wei Li
Summary: The authors investigate superconductivity at the interface of amorphous-YAlO3/KTaO3 and observe a twofold symmetry in the superconducting state, potentially due to a mixed-parity superconducting state. Understanding these symmetry breaking states is crucial for understanding exotic quantum behaviors in unconventional superconductors.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Yanxin Jiang, Liang Chai, Longjiang Deng, Guang Yang
Summary: The quasi-solid-state electrolyte EFA-G, synthesized in this study, demonstrates high ionic conductivity, wide electrochemical stability window, and stable long-term battery cycling. It also exhibits excellent battery performance.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Wangyi Zeng, Wenhao Yang, Liang Chai, Yanxin Jiang, Longjiang Deng, Guang Yang
Summary: A liquid-free conductive elastomer (ICE-2) was synthesized in this study, which exhibited good ionic conductivity, transparency, mechanical properties, self-healing ability, and environmental stability. The sensor constructed by ICE-2 could perceive temperature changes and detect human activities accurately and sensitively.
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Wenhao Yang, Wangyi Zeng, Liang Chai, Yanxin Jiang, Longjiang Deng, Guang Yang
Summary: In this work, a multifunctional conductive fabric was successfully prepared and demonstrated excellent performance as a corrosion resistant, durable, and lightweight strain sensor for modern flexible wearable devices. The fabric showed high sensitivity, wide detection range, excellent stability and durability, superhydrophobicity, and efficient photothermal conversion performance.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Wenhao Yang, Bin Yao, Liang Chai, Guang Yang, Longjiang Deng
Summary: In this study, a superhydrophobic multifunctional sponge type conductive composite (CP/AgE Sponge) was successfully prepared by embedding carbonyl iron (CI) in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) sponge and anchoring silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) bound with block copolymer polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene-co-butylene)-block-polystyrene (SEBS) through sugar template method and immersion assisted reduction. The CP/AgE sponge exhibited excellent superhydrophobic properties, efficient Joule heating and photothermal conversion capabilities, as well as high piezoresistive properties, oil/water separation efficiency, and magnetically guided waste oil adsorption ability.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Guang Yang, Yaduo Song, Longjiang Deng
Summary: A novel class of polymer/inorganic hybrid electrolytes were prepared in this study, exhibiting excellent thermal stability, ionic conductivity, self-healing ability, and electrochemical compatibility with lithium electrodes. These electrolytes offer a new approach towards developing smart solid electrolytes for next generation lithium batteries.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
(2021)
