title: Healable polymeric materials: a tutorial review.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, UKRG6 6AD.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Burattini
authors.forename: Barnaby W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Greenland
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chappell
authors.forename: Howard M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Colquhoun
authors.forename: Wayne
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hayes