Self-Healing: Self-Healing Polyurethanes with Shape Recovery (Adv. Funct. Mater. 33/2014)

Shape Memory Assisted Self-Healing Coating

In this communication, we report the preparation and characterization of new shape memory assisted selfhealing (SMASH) coatings. The coatings feature a phaseseparated morphology with electrospun thermoplastic poly(εcaprolactone) (PCL) fibers randomly distributed in a shape memory epoxy matrix. Mechanical damage to the coating can be self-healed via heating, which simultaneously triggers two eve...

Model-based Recovery Connectors for Self-adaptation and Self-healing

Self-healing and self-configuration are highly desirable properties in software systems so that components can dynamically adapt to changing environments and recover from failure with minimal human intervention. This paper discusses a model-based approach for self-healing and self-configuration using recovery connectors. A recovery connector extends connectors in component-based software archit...

Shape Memory: Self‐Healing and Shape Memory Effects in Gold Microparticles through the Defects‐Mediated Diffusion (Adv. Sci. 8/2017)

Self-healing concrete with a microencapsulated healing agent

We have developed a concrete material exhibiting self-healing properties and corrosion inhibition. This system involves a sodium silicate solution stored in polyurethane microcapsules present in the concrete matrix. The sodium silicate, released when the capsules are ruptured by propagating cracks, reacts with the calcium hydroxide in cement and produces a C-S-H gel that partially heals the cra...

Biomimetic Self-Healing.

Self-healing is a natural process common to all living organisms which provides increased longevity and the ability to adapt to changes in the environment. Inspired by this fitness-enhancing functionality, which was tuned by billions of years of evolution, scientists and engineers have been incorporating self-healing capabilities into synthetic materials. By mimicking mechanically triggered che...