Healable Polymer Systems
Polymers are used in many everyday technologies and their degradation due to environmental exposure has lead to great interest in materials which can heal and repair themselves. In order to design new self healing polymers it's important to understand the fundamental healing mechanisms behind the material. Healable Polymer Systems will outline the key concepts and mechanisms underpinning the design and processing of healable polymers, and indicate potential directions for progress in the future development and applications of these fascinating and potentially valuable materials.
The book covers the different techniques developed successfully to date for both autonomous healable materials (those which do not require an external stimulus to promote healing) and rehealable or remendable materials (those which only recover their original physical properties if a specific stimulus is applied). These include the encapsulated-monomer approach, reversible covalent bond formation, irreversible covalent bond formation and supramolecular self-assembly providing detailed insights into their chemistry.
Written by leading experts, the book provides polymer scientists with a compact and readily accessible source of reference for healable polymer systems.
Royal Society of Chemistry, Healable Polymer Systems, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013.
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Healable Polymeric Materialsp1-15ByBarnaby W. Greenland;Barnaby W. GreenlandDepartment of ChemistryThe University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6ADUK[email protected]; [email protected]Search for other works by this author on:Wayne HayesWayne HayesDepartment of ChemistryThe University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6ADUK[email protected]; [email protected]Search for other works by this author on:
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CHAPTER 2: Encapsulation-Based Self-Healing Polymers and Compositesp16-61ByMichael W. KellerMichael W. KellerDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringThe University of Tulsa, 800 S. Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK 74104[email protected]Search for other works by this author on:
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CHAPTER 3: Reversible Covalent Bond Formation as a Strategy for Healable Polymer Networksp62-91ByChristopher J. KloxinChristopher J. KloxinDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering & Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringUniversity of Delaware, 150 Academy Street, NewarkDE 19716 USA[email protected]Search for other works by this author on:
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CHAPTER 4: Healable Supramolecular Polymeric Materialsp92-125ByBarnaby W. Greenland;Barnaby W. GreenlandDepartment of ChemistryThe University of Reading, Whiteknights, ReadingRG6 6AD UKSearch for other works by this author on:Gina L. Fiore;Gina L. FioreAdolphe Merkle InstituteUniversity of Fribourg, CH-1700 FribourgSwitzerlandSearch for other works by this author on:Stuart J. Rowan;Stuart J. RowanDepartment of Macromolecular Science and EngineeringCase Western Reserve University, 2100 Adelbert Road, ClevelandOhio 44106-7202 USA[email protected]Search for other works by this author on:Christoph WederChristoph WederAdolphe Merkle InstituteUniversity of Fribourg, CH-1700 FribourgSwitzerlandSearch for other works by this author on:
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CHAPTER 5: Thermodynamics of Self-Healing in Polymeric Materialsp126-148ByMarek W. UrbanMarek W. UrbanSearch for other works by this author on:
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