Current Trends in the Field of Self‐Healing Materials

Abstract

The evolution of material design has mirrored advancements in the understanding of materials, nature, and the requirements of target applications. Originally, materials were only intended to play a passive role, but with a deepened understanding of material properties and design has come an improved ability to harness these properties to create materials with predetermined response mechanisms. This article has three aims: i) to briefly discuss the origin of and motivation for having materials that are capable of undergoing healing either extrinsically or intrinsically; ii) to present the most recent and promising advancements in the field of self‐healing materials; and iii) to discuss important material design and property specifications that should be considered in order to promote the development of optimized self‐healing materials.

Triggered and self-healing systems using nanostructured materials

“…Ceramics also require higher temperatures; the most prominent examples of self-healing ceramic coatings are the so-called MAX phases (ternary carbides) [8,9]. In contrast, polymers and their composites represent the best-investigated material class in the context of self-healing materials [10][11][12][13]. In the following, the self-healing of materials on the nanoscopic level (i.e., the healing is achieved by the utilization of nanoscopic materials as well as processes) and the self-healing of nanomaterials will be discussed.…”

Supramolecular network-based self-healing polymer materials

“…And in the future, ionomer-based self-healing systems still have great potential for real-world applications. They can be employed in automotive, aerospace, and medical devices [95]. Although prospects are good, ionic self-healing materials are not perfect.…”

Synthesis, kinetics of photo-dimerization/photo-cleavage and physical properties of coumarin-containing branched polyurethanes based on polycaprolactones

“…The characterization of the molecule was made using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis. 1 H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d 6 …”