Self-healing conductive hydrogels: preparation, properties and applications

Nanoscale. 2020 Jan 23;12(3):1224-1246. doi: 10.1039/c9nr09283h.

Abstract

Conductive hydrogels have generated great interest in biomedical and electrical fields. However, conventional conductive hydrogels usually lack self-healing properties, which might be unfavorable for their application. Conductive self-healing hydrogels with excellent performance for applications in the biomedical and electrical fields are growing in number. In this review paper, the progress related to conductive self-healing hydrogels is summarized. The self-healing mechanism is classified to demonstrate the design and synthesis of conductive self-healing hydrogels and their applications in tissue engineering, wound healing, electronic skin, sensors and self-repaired circuits are presented and discussed. The future development of conductive self-healing hydrogels and problems that need to be solved are also described.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Electric Conductivity*
  • Humans
  • Hydrogels / chemistry*
  • Tissue Engineering*
  • Wound Healing*

Substances

  • Hydrogels