Self-Healing Silicone Materials: Looking Back and Moving Forward

This review is dedicated to self-healing silicone materials, which can partially or entirely restore their original characteristics after mechanical electrical damage caused them, such as formed (micro)cracks, scratches, and cuts. The concept of materials originated from biomaterials (living tissues) capable regeneration functions (plants, human skin bones, etc.). Silicones are ones the most promising polymer matrixes create materials. Self-healing silicones allow an increase service life durability devices based on them. In this review, we provide a critical analysis current existing types functional properties, be used in biomedicine, optoelectronics, nanotechnology, additive manufacturing, soft robotics, skin-inspired electronics, protection surfaces, etc.