Healable polymeric materials: a tutorial review.
Given the extensive use of polymers in the modern age with applications ranging from aerospace components to microcircuitry, the ability to regain the mechanical and physical characteristics of complex pristine materials after damage is an attractive proposition. This tutorial review focusses upon the key chemical concepts that have been successfully utilised in the design of healable polymeric materials.
Burattini
Stefano
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Department of Chemistry, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, UKRG6 6AD.
Greenland
Barnaby W
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Chappell
David
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Colquhoun
Howard M
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Hayes
Wayne
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