Development of new self-healing materials based on novel Diels-Alder reactions

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Effect of polymer architecture on the intrinsic self-healing character of polymers

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...

Monitoring Network and Interfacial Healing Processes by Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy:: A Case Study on Natural Rubber

Broadband dielectric spectroscopy (BDS) is introduced as a new and powerful technique to monitor network and macroscale damage healing in an elastomer. For the proof of concept, a partially cured sulfur-cured natural rubber (NR) containing reversible disulfides as the healing moiety was employed. The forms of damage healed and monitored were an...