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SUBMITTER: Fang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3789405 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fang Yuan Y Wang Cai-Feng CF Zhang Zhi-Hong ZH Shao Huan H Chen Su S
Scientific reports 20131003
Given increasing environmental and energy issues, mimicking nature to confer synthetic materials with self-healing property to expand their lifespan is highly desirable. Just like human skin recovers itself upon damage with the aid of nutrient-laden blood vascularization, designing smart materials with microvascular network to accelerate self-healing is workable but continues to be a challenge. Here we report a new strategy to prepare robust self-healing hydrogels assisted by a healing layer com ...[more]