Minireview on Self-Healing Polymers: Versatility, Application, and Prospects

Table 1

Examples of SHPs with different properties.

Property	SHPs or composites	Property introducing or improving compounds	References
Electrical conductivity	Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)+single-walled carbon nanotubes	Single-walled carbon nanotubes	[41, 42]
	Glass fiber-epoxy composite+multiwall nanotubes	Multiwall nanotubes	[43, 44]
	Ferric ions incorporated polypyrrole-grafted gelatin	Polypyrrole and ferric ions	[45]
Thermal conductivity	Graphene+thermopolyurethane	Graphene	[46]
	3D graphene/polydimethylsiloxane composites	3D graphene	[47]
	Micron boron nitride/thiol-epoxy elastomer composites	Micron boron nitride	[48]
Corrosion resistance	Superabsorbent polymer microfibers+vinyl-ester polymer (VEP)	Superabsorbent polymer microfibers	[49]
	Dodecyl amine loaded TiO2 nanotubes dispersed epoxy	Dodecyl amine	[50]
	Cerium nitrate loaded polyaniline nanofibers embedded epoxy ester	Ce(III)	[51]
Hydrophobicity	Carboxylic acid- and fluorine-containing nanocontainers embedded epoxy	Fluorinated groups	[52]
	Multiwall carbon nanotubes/poly(dimethylsiloxane)-polyurea foam	Poly(dimethylsiloxane)-polyurea	[53]
	3-Mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane-octavinyloctasilsesquioxane-1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecanethiol modified silica (MS) nanoparticles dispersed polysiloxane latex	MS nanoparticles	[54]