Research Progress of Olefin-based Self-healing Polymer Materials

ZHANG Ying-jie; SHI Xing-bo; DONG Yue; HAN Ming-yang; QIN Ya-wei; CAI Yu-dong; HU Qing; CHEN Shang-tao

doi:10.14028/j.cnki.1003-3726.2025.25.078

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Research Progress of Olefin-based Self-healing Polymer Materials

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- Research Progress of Olefin-based Self-healing Polymer Materials
- Polymer Bulletin Vol. 38, Issue 9, Pages: 1364-1373(2025)
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  中国石油天然气股份有限公司石油化工研究院，北京 102206
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- DOI：10.14028/j.cnki.1003-3726.2025.25.078
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- Received：07 March 2025，
  
  Accepted：04 May 2025，
  
  Published Online：09 July 2025，
  
  Published：20 September 2025
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ZHANG Ying-jie, SHI Xing-bo, DONG Yue, HAN Ming-yang, QIN Ya-wei, CAI Yu-dong, HU Qing, CHEN Shang-tao. Research Progress of Olefin-based Self-healing Polymer Materials[J]. Polymer bulletin, 2025, 38(9): 1364-1373.
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ZHANG Ying-jie, SHI Xing-bo, DONG Yue, HAN Ming-yang, QIN Ya-wei, CAI Yu-dong, HU Qing, CHEN Shang-tao. Research Progress of Olefin-based Self-healing Polymer Materials[J]. Polymer bulletin, 2025, 38(9): 1364-1373. DOI： 10.14028/j.cnki.1003-3726.2025.25.078.

摘要

烯烃基聚合物材料性能优异并且应用广泛，但是材料在服役过程中不可避免会出现微小裂缝等缺陷，缺陷的进一步扩展会导致材料性能衰减甚至报废，严重的可能引发安全事故。烯烃基自修复聚合物材料可以在损伤出现的早期完成微小裂缝的修复，避免缺陷扩张，对提高材料服役安全性、延长材料寿命、减少资源浪费、避免材料废弃后的环境污染等方面具有重要意义。本文综述了国内外烯烃基自修复聚合物材料的研究进展，以烯烃基聚合物材料自修复的不同机理为主线，将烯烃基自修复聚合物材料分成了化学法烯烃基自修复聚合物材料和物理法烯烃基自修复聚合物材料，其中化学法主要包括可逆硼氧键、Diels-Alder可逆反应、热解自由基、配位作用、氢键等动态可逆共价键或非共价键作用；物理法主要包括微相分离结构、范德华力、偶极相互作用、主客体相互作用、亲疏水性相互作用等非共价键作用。重点介绍了材料的制备方法、自修复机理和自修复性能。指出了现有技术的不足，对烯烃基自修复聚合物材料的发展进行了展望，提出未来的发展动向和研发重点。

Abstract

Olefin-based materials have been widely used because of their excellent properties. However

inevitable tiny cracks during the service process may lead to degradation of properties

even safety issues. Olefin-based self-healing polymer materials can prevent the growth of tiny cracks in the early stage to overcome problems mentioned above. It is of great significance to improve usage safety

extend lifecycle

decrease resource waste and environmental pollution for olefin-based materials. This work introduces the research progress of olefin-based self-healing polymer materials. Taking the self-healing mechanisms as the main line

olefin-based self-healing polymer materials are divided into chemically olefin-based self-healing polymer materials and physically olefin-based self-healing polymer materials. Chemical methods are mainly based on dynamic reversible covalent bonds and partial non-covalent bonds

while physical methods typically refer to the action of non-covalent bonds. In this review

we introduce the preparation methods

self-healing mechanisms

and self-healing properties of the materials. Furhtermore

we also discuss the disadvantages of the existing technologies

and future development of self-healing polyolefin materials.

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