Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, there is provided a self-healing polymer composition preferably for use in manufacturing a dielectric layer of a capacitive pressure sensor, and which comprises a central atom and a polymer having a main chain and one or more terminal moieties coupled to the main chain, wherein said one or more terminal moieties are selected to operate as ligands to form a coordination complex with the central atom, and preferably, the ligands and the central atom are selected to form the coordination complex after being subject to an external force sufficient to remove coordinate covalent bonds therebetween.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, there is provided a self-healing polymer composition preferably for use in manufacturing a dielectric layer of a capacitive pressure sensor, and which comprises a central atom and a polymer having a main chain and one or more terminal moieties coupled to the main chain, wherein said one or more terminal moieties are selected to operate as ligands to form a coordination complex with the central atom, and preferably, the ligands and the central atom are selected to form the coordination complex after being subject to an external force sufficient to remove coordinate covalent bonds therebetween.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, there is provided a method for preparing a capacitive pressure sensor, the sensor comprising a pair of conductive plate layers and a dielectric layer disposed therebetween, the dielectric layer comprising a dielectric polymer formed with a polymerization mixture fluid, wherein the method comprises placing the polymerization mixture fluid over a mold surface having a first three dimensional pattern thereon to form the dielectric polymer, thereby forming a second three dimensional pattern on a surface of the dielectric polymer complementary to the first three dimensional pattern.