Print Email Facebook Twitter Self-healing processes in plants: A treasure trove for biomimetic self-repairing materials Part of: ICSHM 2013: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Self-Healing Materials· list the conference papers Title Self-healing processes in plants: A treasure trove for biomimetic self-repairing materials Author Speck, O. Schlechtendahl, M. Schmich, F. Speck, T. Date 2013-06-16 Abstract After an artificial injury in succulent leaves of Delosperma cooperi and Delosperma ecklonis rapid wound sealing by deformation of the entire leaf takes place within approximately 90 minutes. On the basis of comparative anatomical and biomechanical analyses of the closely related species conclusions can be drawn on necessary boundary conditions allowing self-sealing by leaf deformation and movement. An analytical model of the underlying principle found in D. cooperi has been developed as basis for the transfer into bio-inspired self-repairing materials. Subject biomimeticsdelospermaplantsself-healingself-sealing To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0fb4fe01-0e66-445c-ab73-bbe8f15c2ec7 Part of collection Conference proceedings Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2013 Speck, O.; Schlechtendahl, M.; Schmich, F.; Speck, T. Files PDF Speck.pdf 533.96 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:0fb4fe01-0e66-445c-ab73-bbe8f15c2ec7/datastream/OBJ/view