Chao Wang

TL;DR: This work describes a composite material composed of a supramolecular organic polymer with embedded nickel nanostructured microparticles, which shows mechanical and electrical self-healing properties at ambient conditions and shows that the material is pressure- and flexion-sensitive, and therefore suitable for electronic skin applications.

TL;DR: A network of poly(dimethylsiloxane) polymer chains crosslinked by coordination complexes that combines high stretchability, high dielectric strength, autonomous self-healing and mechanical actuation is reported.

TL;DR: It is shown that anodes made from low-cost SiMPs, for which stable deep galvanostatic cycling was previously impossible, can now have an excellent cycle life when coated with a self-healing polymer and attain a cycle life ten times longer than state-of-art anodesmade from Si MPs and still retain a high capacity.

TL;DR: The supramolecular approach for the molecular design of amphiphiles is described through the enhancement of intermolecular interaction among the Amphiphiles and supra-amphiphiles, a new kind of building block for the preparation of complex self-assemblies.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the most recent advances in stretchable and self-healing polymers and devices for Electronic Skin (E-skin) applications is presented. But, the majority of organic materials can generally be rendered flexible, such materials are not stretchable, which is a key mechanical property necessary to realize applications of E-skin for prosthetics, artificial intelligence, systems for robotics, personal health monitoring, biocompatibility, and communication devices.