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Preparation and application prospects of polymer-based thermally conductive self-healing composites

Figure 8. (A) The gelation mechanism of the hydrogels; and (B) The schematic diagram of dynamic rearrangement of the hydrogel network through reversible breakage and formation of acylhydrazone bonds. (A and B) are reprinted with permission from Ref.[45]. Copyright 2021. Licensed under CC BY 4.0; (C) The schematic diagram of this computational model illustrates the “self-healing” process when reverse strain is applied horizontally. (C) is reprinted with permission from Ref.[46]. Copyright © 2022 ACS. CEC-TPH: Carboxyethyl cellulose-graft-dithiodipropionate dihydrazide; PEG-DA: dibenzaldehyde-terminated poly (ethylene glycol).