ReviewPolymers2025
Toward Intelligent Materials with the Promise of Self-Healing Hydrogels in Flexible Devices.
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10 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effect of the Nature of Metal Ions and the Type of Solvent on the Mechanical, Self-Healing and Conductive Properties of Poly(AA-Co-AAm) Gels.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Self-healing hydrogels: mechanisms and applications in biomedical and environmental fields.Biodegradation · 2026Review
- Hydrogel-Based Monitoring in Perioperative Anesthesia: A Conceptual Review and Translational Perspective.International journal of nanomedicine · 2026Review
- Smart Hydrogels in Wearable Electronics for Wound Treatments.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025Review
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- Plasticizer-Enabled Solvent-Free Curing of Self-Healing Binder System for Energetic Materials.Polymers · 2025Article
- Applications of Hydrogels for Next-Generation Batteries.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Design, Synthesis, and Morphological Behavior of Polymer Gel-Based Materials for Thermoelectric Devices: Recent Progress and Perspectives.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Polyimine-Based Self-Healing Composites: A Review on Dynamic Covalent Thermosets for Sustainable and High-Performance Applications.Polymers · 2025Review
- Advances in cellulose-based hydrogels: tunable swelling dynamics and their versatile real-time applications.RSC advances · 2025Review
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Abstract
Flexible sensors are revolutionizing wearable and implantable devices, with conductive hydrogels emerging as key materials due to their biomimetic structure, biocompatibility, tunable transparency, and stimuli-responsive electrical properties. However, their fragility and limited durability pose significant challenges for broader applications. Drawing inspiration from the self-healing capabilities of natural organisms like mussels, researchers are embedding self-repair mechanisms into hydrogels to improve their reliability and lifespan. This review highlights recent advances in self-healing (SH) conductive hydrogels, focusing on synthesis methods, healing mechanisms, and strategies to enhance multifunctionality. It also explores their wide-ranging applications, including in vivo signal monitoring, wearable biochemical sensors, supercapacitors, flexible displays, triboelectric nanogenerators, and implantable bioelectronics. While progress has been made, challenges remain in balancing self-healing efficiency, mechanical strength, and sensing performance. This review offers insights into overcoming these obstacles and discusses future research directions for advancing SH hydrogel-based bioelectronics, aiming to pave the way for durable, high-performance devices in next-generation wearable and implantable technologies.
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