Self-healing polymers and composites

Annual Review of Materials Research

Volumn 40, Issue , 2010, Pages 179-211

  Blaiszik, B J ^a,b   Kramer, S L B ^a,b   Olugebefola, S C ^b   Moore, J S ^b   Sottos, N R ^a,b   White, S R ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

autonomic; bioinspired; capsule; intrinsic; remendable; vascular

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC; BIO-INSPIRED; CAPSULE; INTRINSIC; REMENDABLE; VASCULAR;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CORROSION FATIGUE; FATIGUE DAMAGE; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FRACTURE; LAMINATES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; THERMOSETS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 77957008564     PISSN: 15317331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-matsci-070909-104532     Document Type: Article

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