Print Email Facebook Twitter Effect of polymer architecture on the intrinsic self-healing character of polymers Title Effect of polymer architecture on the intrinsic self-healing character of polymers Author Garcia Espallargas, S.J. Faculty Aerospace Engineering Department Aerospace Structures & Materials Date 2014-01-30 Abstract Intrinsic and extrinsic self-healing strategies can be employed to mitigate the effects of local damage in order to (partially) restore a lost property or functionality and to avoid premature catastrophic failure of the whole system. It is well known that polymer architecture has a crucial influence on mechanical, physical and thermal properties. However, the effect of polymer architecture on the healing capabilities of self-healing polymers has not yet been studied in detail. This paper addresses the effect of polymer architecture on the intrinsic healing character of polymeric materials using different reversible chemistries and aims at highlighting the need for more studies on this particular topic. Subject self-healingpolymer architecturereversible chemistryintrinsic healing To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e3f69728-519b-4075-b5e9-fff9750ac238 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2014.01.026 Publisher Elsevier ISSN 0014-3057 Source European Polymer Journal, 53, 2014 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c) 2014 Elsevier Files PDF Garcia_2014.pdf 614.56 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:e3f69728-519b-4075-b5e9-fff9750ac238/datastream/OBJ/view