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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819739803321

Titolo

Self-healing polymers : from principles to applications / / edited by Wolfgang H. Binder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, 2013

ISBN

9783527670185

3527670181

9783527670208

3527670203

9781299450134

129945013X

9783527670215

3527670211

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Altri autori (Persone)

BinderWolfgang (Wolfgang H.)

Disciplina

547.7

Soggetti

Polymeric composites

Self-healing materials

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Design of self-healing materials -- pt. 2. Polymer dynamics -- pt. 3. Supramolecular systems -- pt. 4. Analysis and friction detection in self-healing polymers : macroscopic, mircoscopic and nanoscopic techniques.

Sommario/riassunto

Self-healing is a well-known phenomenon in nature: a broken bone merges after some time and if skin is damaged, the wound will stop bleeding and heals again.

This concept can be mimicked in order to create polymeric materials with the ability to regenerate after they have suffered degradation or wear.

Already realized applications are used in aerospace engineering, and current research in this fascinating field shows how different self-healing mechanisms proven successful by nature can be adapted to produce even more versatile materials.



The book combines the knowledge of an international panel of experts in the field and provides the reader with chemical and physical concepts for self-healing polymers, including aspects of biomimetic processes of healing in nature.

It shows how to design self-healing polymers and explains the dynamics in these systems.

Different self-healing concepts such as encapsulated systems and supramolecular systems are detailed.

Chapters on analysis and friction detection in self-healing polymers and on applications round off the book.