Issue 10, 2020

Self-healing and shape memory metallopolymers: state-of-the-art and future perspectives

Abstract

Metallopolymers (MPs) or metal-containing polymers have shown great potential as self-healing and shape memory materials due to their unique characteristics, including universal architectures, composition, properties and surface chemistry. Over the past few decades, the exponential growth of many new classes of MPs that deal with these issues has been demonstrated. This review presents and assesses the latest achievements and problems associated with the use of MPs as self-healing and shape memory materials. Among the most widely used MPs with self-healing properties, metal complexes based on polymers containing phenol, carboxylic acid, pyridine, azole, histidine and urethane donor fragments are identified. Particular attention is paid to the principles of action of the shape memory MPs. Of considerable interest is the use of MPs as functional materials for sensors, soft electronic devices, transistors, conductors, nanogenerators, bone tissue engineering, etc. Finally, the problems and future prospects of MPs with self-healing and shape memory properties are outlined. This review also analyzes articles published over the past five years.

Graphical abstract: Self-healing and shape memory metallopolymers: state-of-the-art and future perspectives

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
11 11 2019
Accepted
24 1 2020
First published
24 1 2020

Dalton Trans., 2020,49, 3042-3087

Self-healing and shape memory metallopolymers: state-of-the-art and future perspectives

G. I. Dzhardimalieva, B. C. Yadav, S. Singh and I. E. Uflyand, Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, 3042 DOI: 10.1039/C9DT04360H

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