Biological lattices in fast self-repair mechanisms in plants and the development of bio-inspired self-healing polymers

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 138, Issue , 2010, Pages 453-459

  Bauer, G ^a   Nellesen, A ^b   Speck, T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL   (Germany)

^c Competence Networks Biomimetics and BIOKON ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

biomimetics; Ficus benjamina; latex coagulation; polymers; self healing

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; MICROCRACK; POLYMER; SECRETION; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOODY PLANT;

FICUS BENJAMINA;

EID: 78449269210     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/DN100401     Document Type: Article

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