A Self-Healing Conductive Elastomer Based on a Polymerizable Deep Eutectic Solvent.

Conductive elastomers are extensively used in electronics; however, they are prone to mechanical damage, have shortened service life, and cause environmental pollution and resource waste under the influence of external factors. Therefore, conductive elastomers with rapid self-healing properties are crucial for solving these problems. To that end, a conductive elastomer based on a polymerizable deep eutectic solvent as the matrix is developed in this study.

Vitrimeric silicone composite with high thermal conductivity and high repairing efficiency as thermal interface materials.

Thermally conductive composites with self-healing ability can not only solve the heat dissipation problem of integrated electronic devices but also help improve their service life, thereby reducing electronic waste. In this study, a self-repairing thermally conductive composite with good electrical insulation, high thermal conductivity, high healing efficiency, and excellent mechanical strength was designed and prepared using a silicon vitrimer as the matrix and functionalized boron nitride nanosheets (fBNNS) as the thermally conductive filler. The tensile strength of the vitrimers with 10 wt% of octaglycidyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) increased by 2.