{"title":"Review on Research Progress on Bio-Based Self-Healing Polyurethane","authors":"Hongyu Feng, , , Yuli Wang, , , Ting Zhang, , , Jiangbo Wang, , , Zhixin Jia*, , , Shaohua Jiang*, , and , Xiaoshuai Han*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsmaterialslett.5c01153","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p >Self-healing polyurethane (SHPU) shows great potential in enhancing materials’ durability and sustainability, yet balancing robust mechanical properties with efficient self-healing under mild conditions remains challenging. Conventional approaches often sacrifice strength or healing ability. This Review focuses on the key role of biomass-derived materials, including lignin, cellulose, chitosan, and vegetable oils, in resolving this conflict. Acting as dynamic network modifiers, multifunctional enhancers, and microstructural regulators, they enable sacrificial bonding, microphase separation, and improved chain mobility. Biomass-based SHPUs can achieve over 90% self-healing efficiency at room temperature while maintaining strength and toughness and even incorporate additional functions like flame retardancy or conductivity. Moreover, biomass enhances sustainability by reducing fossil resource dependence and promoting recyclability. Despite challenges in performance consistency and raw material variability, molecular engineering offers a promising path toward high-performance, sustainable SHPUs for advanced manufacturing and a circular economy.</p>","PeriodicalId":19,"journal":{"name":"ACS Materials Letters","volume":"7 10","pages":"3461–3488"},"PeriodicalIF":8.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ACS Materials Letters","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.5c01153","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Self-healing polyurethane (SHPU) shows great potential in enhancing materials’ durability and sustainability, yet balancing robust mechanical properties with efficient self-healing under mild conditions remains challenging. Conventional approaches often sacrifice strength or healing ability. This Review focuses on the key role of biomass-derived materials, including lignin, cellulose, chitosan, and vegetable oils, in resolving this conflict. Acting as dynamic network modifiers, multifunctional enhancers, and microstructural regulators, they enable sacrificial bonding, microphase separation, and improved chain mobility. Biomass-based SHPUs can achieve over 90% self-healing efficiency at room temperature while maintaining strength and toughness and even incorporate additional functions like flame retardancy or conductivity. Moreover, biomass enhances sustainability by reducing fossil resource dependence and promoting recyclability. Despite challenges in performance consistency and raw material variability, molecular engineering offers a promising path toward high-performance, sustainable SHPUs for advanced manufacturing and a circular economy.
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ACS Materials Letters is a journal that publishes high-quality and urgent papers at the forefront of fundamental and applied research in the field of materials science. It aims to bridge the gap between materials and other disciplines such as chemistry, engineering, and biology. The journal encourages multidisciplinary and innovative research that addresses global challenges. Papers submitted to ACS Materials Letters should clearly demonstrate the need for rapid disclosure of key results. The journal is interested in various areas including the design, synthesis, characterization, and evaluation of emerging materials, understanding the relationships between structure, property, and performance, as well as developing materials for applications in energy, environment, biomedical, electronics, and catalysis. The journal has a 2-year impact factor of 11.4 and is dedicated to publishing transformative materials research with fast processing times. The editors and staff of ACS Materials Letters actively participate in major scientific conferences and engage closely with readers and authors. The journal also maintains an active presence on social media to provide authors with greater visibility.