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Self‐Healing Materials: A Facile Strategy for Preparing Self‐Healing Polymer Composites by Incorporation of Cationic Catalyst‐Loaded Vegetable Fibers (Adv. Funct. Mater. 14/2009)
Author(s) -
Xiao Ding Shu,
Yuan Yan Chao,
Rong Min Zhi,
Zhang Ming Qiu
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.200990061
Subject(s) - materials science , cationic polymerization , self healing , epoxy , composite material , monomer , polymerization , self healing material , polymer , composite number , catalysis , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Discontinuous sisal fibers carrying extremely active (C 2 H 5 ) 2 O·BF3 are embedded in epoxy matrix together with epoxy monomer‐loaded microcapsules to fabricate self‐healing composite based on the healing mechanism of cationic chain polymerization. This approach, described by D. S. Xiao et al. on page 2289 , skips the encapsulation of high activity chemicals, reducing the risk of their deactivation during handling. It provides a facile strategy for making extrinsic self‐healing polymeric materials.