Pnictogen-bonding-crosslinked polymer networks: constructing self-healing materials

Key Points

• This research aims to explore pnictogen-bonding as a unique method for crosslinking polymer networks to enhance their self-healing capabilities.
• Introduced pnictogen-bonding as a crosslinking strategy
• Constructed dynamic polymer networks
• Evaluated topological stability and self-healing performance
• Demonstrated improved topological stability in polymer networks
• Achieved tunable self-healing performance with pnictogen-bonding