Self-Healing Materials: Principles and Technology, Second Edition provides engineers and researchers in both industry and academia the information they need to deploy self-healing technology in a range of potential applications, from adhesives to the automotive industry, and from electronics to biomedical implants. Sections discuss the principal mechanisms of self-healing and how these are applied to the development of materials that have the ability to repair themselves, either with minimal or no human intervention. In addition, the book provides a theoretical background and a review of the major research undertaken to date, providing a thorough grounding in this concept and related technology.
Other sections compare the parameters of different self-healing technological processes, such as fault detection mechanisms, methods of triggering and turning off the healing processes, the activation energy of self-healing processes, the means and methods of delivery of the healing substances to the defect locations, self-healing timescale (rate of self-healing), and the extent of self-healing (healing efficiency, recovery of properties, etc.). In addition, mathematical modeling of the processes of self-healing (molecular dynamics simulation), the morphology of healed areas, and other important topics are thoroughly discussed.
1. 1 : INTRODUCTION. LESSONS FROM LIVING THINGS - p. Page vii 2. 2 : MECHANISMS OF SELF-HEALING - p. Page 5 3. 3 : CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROCESSES OCCURRING DURING SELF-HEALING OF POLYMERS - p. Page 38 4. 4 : FAULT DETECTION MECHANISMS - p. Page 48 5. 5 : TRIGGERING AND TUNING THE HEALING PROCESSES - p. Page 53 6. 6 : ACTIVATION ENERGY OF SELF-HEALING - p. Page 72 7. 7 : MEANS OF HEALANT DELIVERY TO THE DEFECT LOCATION - p. Page 79 8. 8 : SELF-HEALING TIMESCALE - p. Page 91 9. 9 : SELF-HEALING EXTENT - p. Page 101 10. 10 : MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION - p. Page 108 11. 11 : MORPHOLOGY OF HEALING - p. Page 114 12. 12 : SELECTED EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN EVALUATION OF SELF-HEALING EFFICIENCY - p. Page 125 13. 13 : ADDITIVES AND CHEMICAL STRUCTURES USED IN SELF-HEALING TECHNOLOGY - p. Page 138 14. 14 : >SELF-HEALING OF DIFFERENT POLYMERS - p. Page 183 15. 15 : SELF-HEALING IN DIFFERENT PRODUCTS - p. Page 235 16. INDEX - p. Page 290
Self-Healing Materials: Principles and Technology, Second Edition provides engineers and researchers in both industry and academia the information they need to deploy self-healing technology in a range of potential applications, from adhesives to the automotive industry, and from electronics to biomedical implants. Sections discuss the principal mechanisms of self-healing and how these are applied to the development of materials that have the ability to repair themselves, either with minimal or no human intervention. In addition, the book provides a theoretical background and a review of the major research undertaken to date, providing a thorough grounding in this concept and related technology.
Other sections compare the parameters of different self-healing technological processes, such as fault detection mechanisms, methods of triggering and turning off the healing processes, the activation energy of self-healing processes, the means and methods of delivery of the healing substances to the defect locations, self-healing timescale (rate of self-healing), and the extent of self-healing (healing efficiency, recovery of properties, etc.). In addition, mathematical modeling of the processes of self-healing (molecular dynamics simulation), the morphology of healed areas, and other important topics are thoroughly discussed.
1. 1 : INTRODUCTION. LESSONS FROM LIVING THINGS - p. Page vii 2. 2 : MECHANISMS OF SELF-HEALING - p. Page 5 3. 3 : CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROCESSES OCCURRING DURING SELF-HEALING OF POLYMERS - p. Page 38 4. 4 : FAULT DETECTION MECHANISMS - p. Page 48 5. 5 : TRIGGERING AND TUNING THE HEALING PROCESSES - p. Page 53 6. 6 : ACTIVATION ENERGY OF SELF-HEALING - p. Page 72 7. 7 : MEANS OF HEALANT DELIVERY TO THE DEFECT LOCATION - p. Page 79 8. 8 : SELF-HEALING TIMESCALE - p. Page 91 9. 9 : SELF-HEALING EXTENT - p. Page 101 10. 10 : MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION - p. Page 108 11. 11 : MORPHOLOGY OF HEALING - p. Page 114 12. 12 : SELECTED EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN EVALUATION OF SELF-HEALING EFFICIENCY - p. Page 125 13. 13 : ADDITIVES AND CHEMICAL STRUCTURES USED IN SELF-HEALING TECHNOLOGY - p. Page 138 14. 14 : >SELF-HEALING OF DIFFERENT POLYMERS - p. Page 183 15. 15 : SELF-HEALING IN DIFFERENT PRODUCTS - p. Page 235 16. INDEX - p. Page 290
