Grass‐to‐stone surface inspired long‐term inhibiting scaling by Yimin Luo, Sheng Tan, Zhuangzhu Luo, Jingbo Li, Zewei Zhu, Baoguang Jia, Zhipeng Liu

“…The nucleation and growth of CaCO3 at “coating‐crystal” interface are investigated, and a physical model for self‐healing film interface inhibiting scaling is innovatively proposed, as an important step toward designing long‐term anti‐scaling coating for engineering application.…”
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Octagonal-siloxane based transparent and robust crack-healing surface for optical-scar recovery by Chungsuk You, Yeongkwon Kang, Min Seon Kim, Yejin Ahn, Hyojin Kye, Bong-Gi Kim

“…The devised crack-healing film exhibited greater than 95% transparency in the entire visible region, and the effective modulus reached 7.8 GPa. …”
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Self-Healing Thiolated Pillar[5]arene Films Containing Moxifloxacin Suppress the Development of Bacterial Biofilms by Dmitriy N. Shurpik, Yulia I. Aleksandrova, Olga A. Mostovaya, Viktoriya A. Nazmutdinova, Regina E. Tazieva, Fadis F. Murzakhanov, Marat R. Gafurov, Pavel V. Zelenikhin, Evgenia V. Subakaeva, Evgenia A. Sokolova, Alexander V. Gerasimov, Vadim V. Gorodov, Daut R. Islamov, Peter J. Cragg, Ivan I. Stoikov

“…Polymer self-healing films containing fragments of pillar[5]arene were obtained for the first time using thiol/disulfide redox cross-linking. …”
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Production and Characterization of Healing Polymeric Films for Diabetes Patients’ Wounds by Arzu Yakar, Nur Dede

“…The aim of this study is to produce healing films that will expedite the healing of diabetic wounds in order to minimize the negative effects experienced by diabetic patients. …”
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Achievement of Both Mechanical Properties and Intrinsic Self-Healing under Body Temperature in Polyurethane Elastomers: A Synthesis Strategy from Waterborne Polymers by Liangdong Zhang, Teng Qiu, Xiting Sun, Longhai Guo, Lifan He, Jun Ye, Xiaoyu Li

“…If the self-healing process was carried out at 37 °C, 50 °C or under ultrasound, the ultimate tensile strength and elongation at break of the healed film could reach 13.8 MPa and 1150%, 15.4 MPa and 1215%, or 16 MPa and 1056%, respectively. …”
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Self-protection soft fluidic robots with rapid large-area self-healing capabilities by Wei Tang, Yiding Zhong, Huxiu Xu, Kecheng Qin, Xinyu Guo, Yu Hu, Pingan Zhu, Yang Qu, Dong Yan, Zhaoyang Li, Zhongdong Jiao, Xujun Fan, Huayong Yang, Jun Zou

“…A healing electrofluid that can form a self-healed film with excellent stretchability and strong adhesion is synthesized, which can achieve rapid and large-areas-damage self-healing of soft materials. …”
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