Self-healing polymers and nanocomposites form an important class of responsive materials.
These materials have the capability to reversibly heal their damage. For aerospace …

Cracking is a recurring defect that typically arises during the construction and service
periods of cementitious materials. Self-healing based on stimuli-responsive microcapsules …

UHMWPE fiber mesh reinforced polyurea (UFRP) composites are a proposed improvement
method that involves incorporating UHMWPE fiber mesh into polyurea coating. Experiments …

With their high specific modulus, high specific strength and designability, fiber‐reinforced
polymer (FRP) composites have replaced or surpassed traditional metallic materials in a …

A self-healing beam was fabricated by using a microencapsulated healing agent (5E2N)
with dispersed multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT). Grubbs' catalyst was dispersed in …

The failure mode and blast resistance of polyurea-coated metallic cylinders were
investigated under internal multi-field coupled loading. Experiments were conducted to …

Self-healing microcapsules are currently one of the most promising functional materials due
to their excellent performance. The preparation of self-healing microcapsules via …

This paper finds a simple and cost-effective design to create high interlaminar toughness
and self-healing Euplectella Aspergillum based bio-inspired composite laminates with …

Microcapsules of urea-formaldehyde (UF) containing dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) were
synthesized by the in situ polymerization technique for self-healing of epoxy. The dispersion …

Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) plain fabric is prone to delamination when subjected to
bending, shear, impact loads. To enhance the interlayer properties of 2D plain fabrics …