A Review Article from the Polymer Library
Review Article Abstract
June 2008
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| 1017159 | SELF HEALING IN POLYMERS AND POLYMER COMPOSITES. CONCEPTS, REALIZATION AND OUTLOOK: A REVIEW |
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Recent developments on self healing in polymers and polymer composites are reviewed in terms of intrinsic self-healing polymers, in which cracks are healed by the polymers themselves, and extrinsic, in which the self-healing agent has to be embedded. Examples of the former cited include self-healing based on physical interactions such as heat or chemical interactions, for example the self-healing of polycarbonate catalysed by sodium carbonate. Examples of extrinsic self-healing cited include embedded hollow glass fibre layers or microcapsules containing two-part epoxy resin or dicyclopentadiene and catalyst separately as healing agent for glass fibre-reinforced epoxy resin composite laminates. 86 refs.
Express Polymer Letters, 2, No.4, 2008, p.238-250, DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2008.29 Yuan Y C; Yin T; Rong M Z; Zhang M Q | |
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