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Self‐Healing Chemistry: Delivery of Two‐Part Self‐Healing Chemistry via Microvascular Networks (Adv. Funct. Mater. 9/2009)
Author(s) -
Toohey Kathleen S.,
Hansen Christopher J.,
Lewis Jennifer A.,
White Scott R.,
Sottos Nancy R.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.200990033
Subject(s) - self healing , materials science , coating , curing (chemistry) , epoxy , nanotechnology , polymer science , biomedical engineering , composite material , medicine , pathology , alternative medicine
Microvascular self‐healing of a brittle coating is accomplished by supplying fluid healing agents from an underlying network of microchannels. Dual independent networks filled with a two‐part healing chemistry (epoxy resin and curing agent) that repeatedly heal damage in the coating up to 16 consecutive times are reported by K. S. Toohey et al. on page 1399 .