Self-healing polymer materials constructed by macrocycle-based host–guest interactions

Xianpeng Yang; Haojie Yu; Li Wang; Rongbai Tong; Muhammad Akram; Yongsheng Chen; Xiaoting Zhai

doi:10.1039/C4SM02372B

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Self-healing polymer materials constructed by macrocycle-based host–guest interactions

Xianpeng Yang,^a Haojie Yu,*^a Li Wang,*^a Rongbai Tong,^a Muhammad Akram,^a Yongsheng Chen^a and Xiaoting Zhai^a

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^a State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China
E-mail: opl_wl@dial.zju.edu.cn, hjyu@zju.edu.cn
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Abstract

Self-healing polymers, which can spontaneously recover themselves after being ruptured, result in enhanced lifetimes for materials and open up a fascinating direction in material science. Macrocycle-based host–guest interactions, one of the most crucial non-covalent interactions, play a key role in self-healing material fabrication. This review aims to highlight the very recent and important progress made in the area of self-healing polymer materials by focusing on cyclodextrins (CDs), crown ethers, cucurbit[n]urils (CBs), calix[n]arenes and pillar[n]arenes with special guest groups and tailored structures. In addition, we also propose future research directions and hope that this review can in a way reflect the current situation and future trends in this developing area.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C4SM02372B
Article type: Review Article
Submitted: 28 Oct 2014
Accepted: 06 Jan 2015
First published: 23 Jan 2015

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Soft Matter, 2015,11, 1242-1252

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X. Yang, H. Yu, L. Wang, R. Tong, M. Akram, Y. Chen and X. Zhai, Soft Matter, 2015, 11, 1242 DOI: 10.1039/C4SM02372B

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