Self-healing materials.
Self-healing materials are able to partially or completely heal damage inflicted on them, e.g., crack formation; it is anticipated that the original functionality can be restored. This article covers the design and generic principles of self-healing materials through a wide range of different material classes including metals, ceramics, concrete, and polymers. Recent key developments and future challenges in the field of self-healing materials are summarised, and generic, fundamental material-independent principles and mechanism are discussed and evaluated.
Hager
Martin D
MD
Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany.
Greil
Peter
P
Leyens
Christoph
C
van der Zwaag
Sybrand
S
Schubert
Ulrich S
US
D002516:Ceramics / Q000737:chemistry*; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature
D008670:Metals; D011108:Polymers