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Design of Self-Healing Supramolecular Rubbers by Introducing Ionic Cross-Links into Natural Rubber via a Controlled Vulcanization

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A Highly Stretchable and Autonomous Self-Healing Polymer Based on Combination of Pt···Pt and π-π Interactions

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A highly stretchable autonomous self-healing elastomer

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Ionic Modification Turns Commercial Rubber into a Self-Healing Material

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Visible-Light-Induced Self-Healing Diselenide-Containing Polyurethane Elastomer

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Self-Healing Multiphase Polymers via Dynamic Metal–Ligand Interactions

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Mechanics of biological networks: from the cell cytoskeleton to connective tissue

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Dynamic urea bond for the design of reversible and self-healing polymers

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Subnanoscopic Mapping of Glass Transition Temperature around Ionic Multiplets in Sodium-Neutralized Poly(ethylene-random-methacrylic acid) Ionomer

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A crystalline supramolecular polymer with self-healing capability at room temperature

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Soft robotics: a bioinspired evolution in robotics

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Multiphase design of autonomic self-healing thermoplastic elastomers

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Self-Healing Materials Based on Disulfide Links

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A Healable Supramolecular Polymer Blend Based on Aromatic π−π Stacking and Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions

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