Safer cables based on advanced materials with a self-healing technique that can be directly powered off and restored easily at any time

Xu, TT (Xu, Tingting)[ 1,2 ] ; Chu, ML (Chu, Meilin)[ 1 ] ; Wu, YB (Wu, Yinben)[ 1 ] ; Liu, JH (Liu, Jiahuan)[ 1 ] ; Chi, B (Chi, Bo)[ 2 ] *; Xu, H (Xu, Hong)[ 2 ] ; Wan, MM (Wan, Mimi)[ 1 ] ; Mao, C (Mao, Chun)[ 1 ]*（毛春）

[ 1 ] Nanjing Normal Univ, Natl & Local Joint Engn Res Ctr Biomed Funct Mat, Jiangsu Key Lab Biofunct Mat, Coll Chem & Mat Sci, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, Peoples R China

[ 2 ] Nanjing Tech Univ, State Key Lab Mat Oriented Chem Engn, Coll Food Sci & Light Ind, Jiangsu Natl Synerget Innovat Ctr Adv Mat, Nanjing 211816, Jiangsu, Peoples R China

NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY，201804,42(7),4803-4806

Advanced materials are more convenient and safe for human use. In this case, a novel idea for the preparation of safer cables was proposed. A kind of self-healing conductive hydrogel (SHCH) was synthesized based on a dynamic Schiff base cross-linkage between the amine groups of chitosan and the benzaldehyde groups of aldehyde-modified PEG. Since there were many chemical cross-linking networks and conductive polypyrrole nanostructure in the hydrogel, it possessed bulk conductivity, mechanical and electrical self-healing properties. Because of the combination of the electrical conductivity and self-healing properties, the SHCH can be used as the conductor part of a cable. This cable can be directly powered off and restored easily at any time.

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