Perspective Dynamic covalent chemistry toward wearable electronics

Dynamic covalent chemistry (DCvC) has become an important tool in developing smart materials in the past few decades. By incorpo-rating reversible covalent bonds into crosslinked polymer networks, those features that are highly desired in wearable electronics, such as stretchability, malleability, self-healing capability, and closed-loop recyclability, could be achieved. In this perspective, we briefly summarize how DCvC influences the development of dynamic poly-mer networks and discuss their applications in wearable electronics. The advantages and challenges of wearable electronics with dy-namic covalent features are also discussed. In addition, forward-thinking outlooks for future directions of utilizing DCvC in the devel-opment of wearable electronics are provided.