Etched glass bubbles as robust micro-containers for self-healing materials

• Main Authors: Zhang, He, Yang, Jinglei
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Materials of construction
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103446; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24521
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Etched glass bubbles (GBs) with through-holes at the micron level were fabricated by etching them using dilute hydrofluoric acid (HF) in a specially designed mixer. The semi-segmented mixer under mechanical agitation produces circulation of the GBs in solution, purposely completing the processes of...