Skin-inspired, fully autonomous self-warning and self-repairing polymeric material under damaging events

• Main Authors: Zhang, He, Zhang, Xin, Bao, Chenlu, Li, Xin, Duan, Fei, Friedrich, Klaus, Yang, Jinglei
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Color; Organic Polymers
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151319
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Polymers are susceptible to small damage which is difficult to detect and repair and may lead to catastrophic failure if left unattended at the early stage. How to autonomously warn and repair the damage simultaneously is a promising yet challenging task, owing to the difficulty in integrating diffe...