Nano-structured dynamic Schiff base cues as robust self-healing polymers for biomedical and tissue engineering applications: a review

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Malik, U.S., Niazi, M.B.K., Jahan, Z., Zafar, M.I., Vo, D.-V.N. and Sher, F. ORCID: 0000-0003-2890-5912, 2022. Nano-structured dynamic Schiff base cues as robust self-healing polymers for biomedical and tissue engineering applications: a review. Environmental Chemistry Letters, 20 (1), pp. 495-517. ISSN 1610-3653

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-021-01337-1

Abstract

Polymer materials are vulnerable to damages, failures, and degradations, making them economically unreliable. Self-healing polymers, on the other hand, are multifunctional materials with superior properties of autonomic recovery from physical damages. These materials are suitable for biomedical and tissue engineering in terms of cost and durability. Schiff base linkages-based polymer materials are one of the robust techniques owing to their simple self-healing mechanism. These are dynamic reversible covalent bonds, easy to fabricate at mild conditions, and can self-reintegrate after network disruption at physiological conditions making them distinguished. Here we review self-healing polymer materials based on Schiff base bonds. We discuss the Schiff base bond formation between polymeric networks, which explains the self-healing phenomenon. These bonds have induced 100% recovery in optimal cases.

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Journal article

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Environmental Chemistry Letters

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Malik, U.S., Niazi, M.B.K., Jahan, Z., Zafar, M.I., Vo, D.-V.N. and Sher, F.

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Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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February 2022

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