Self-healing materials with microvascular networks

Nature Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 581-585

  Toohey, Kathleen S ^a   Sottos, Nancy R ^a,b   Lewis, Jennifer A ^a,b   Moore, Jeffrey S ^a   White, Scott R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; CRACK INITIATION; DAMAGE DETECTION; HEAT TREATMENT;

MICROENCAPSULATED HEALING AGENTS; REMENDABLE POLYMERS; SELF HEALING POLYMERS; SELF HEALING SYSTEMS;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

BIOMATERIAL; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MECHANICS; SKIN; WOUND HEALING;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CATALYSIS; HUMANS; MECHANICS; POLYMERS; SKIN; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34547584817     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1934     Document Type: Article

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