Robotic Materials

A transparent, self‐healing, highly stretchable ionic conductor

2017

Article

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Self-healing materials can repair damage caused by mechanical wear, thereby extending lifetime of devices. A transparent, self-healing, highly stretchable ionic conductor is presented that autonomously heals after experiencing severe mechanical damage. The design of this self-healing polymer uses ion–dipole interactions as the dynamic motif. The unique properties of this material when used to electrically activate transparent artificial muscles are demonstrated.

Author(s): Yue Cao and Timothy G Morrissey and Eric Acome and Sarah I Allec and Bryan M Wong and Christoph Keplinger and Chao Wang
Journal: Advanced Materials
Volume: 29
Number (issue): 10
Pages: 1605099
Year: 2017
Department(s): Robotic Materials
Bibtex Type: Article (article)
Paper Type: Journal
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201605099
Note: Y.C. and T.G.M. contributed equally to this work.

BibTex 

@article{Keplinger17-AM-Conductor,
  title = {A transparent, self‐healing, highly stretchable ionic conductor},
  author = {Cao, Yue and Morrissey, Timothy G and Acome, Eric and Allec, Sarah I and Wong, Bryan M and Keplinger, Christoph and Wang, Chao},
  journal = {Advanced Materials},
  volume = {29},
  number = {10},
  pages = {1605099},
  year = {2017},
  note = {Y.C. and T.G.M. contributed equally to this work.},
  doi = {10.1002/adma.201605099}
}