Self-Healing Polymers

INTRODUCTION
 
PART ONE: Design of Self-Healing Materials
 
PRINCIPLES OF SELF-HEALING POLYMERS
Introductory Remarks
General Concept for the Design and Classification of Self-Healing Materials
Physical Principles of Self-Healing
Chemical Principles of Self-Healing
Multiple versus One-Time Self-Healing
Resume and Outlook
 
SELF-HEALING IN PLANTS AS BIO-INSPIRATION FOR SELF-REPAIRING POLYMERS
Self-Sealing and Self-Healing in Plants: A Short Overview
Selected Self-Sealing and Self-Healing Processes in Plants as Role Models for Bio-Inspired Materials with Self-Repairing Properties
Bio-Inspired Approaches for the Development of Self-Repairing Materials and Structures
Bio-Inspired Self-Healing Materials: Outlook
 
MODELING SELF-HEALING PROCESSES IN POLYMERS: FROM NANOGELS TO NANOPARTICLE-FILLED MICROCAPSULES
Introduction
Designing Self-Healing Dual Cross-Linked Nanogel Networks
Designing 'Artificial Leukocytes' That Help Heal Damaged Surfaces via the Targeted Delivery of Nanoparticles to Cracks
Conclusions
 
PART TWO: Polymer Dynamics
 
STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF POLYMER CHAINS
Foreword
Techniques
Structure
Dynamics
Application to Self-Healing
Conclusions and Outlook
 
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY OF CROSS-LINKING PROCESSES IN SELF-HEALING MATERIALS
Introduction
Thermodynamics of Gelation
Viscoelastic Properties of the Sol-Gel Transition
Phase Separation and Gelation
Conclusions
 
THERMALLY REMENDABLE POLYMERS
Principles of Thermal Healing
Inorganic-Organic Systems
Efficiency, Assessment of Healing Performance
Conclusions
 
PHOTOCHEMICALLY REMENDABLE POLYMERS
Background
Molecular Design
Reversible Photo-Crosslinking Behaviors
Evaluation of Photo-Remendability
Concluding Remarks
 
MECHANOPHORES FOR SELF-HEALING APPLICATIONS
Introduction
Mechanochemical Damage
Activation of Mechanophores
Mechanochemical Self-Healing Strategies

Wolfgang H. Binder is currently Full Professor for Macromolecular Chemistry at the Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
(see www.macrochem.uni-halle.de). He received his PhD in Organic Chemistry in 1995 at the University of Vienna. In his post doc research at Emory University, USA, he specialized on colloidal chemistry/macro-molecular chemistry. In 1997 he became an Assistant Professor at the Technical University of Vienna and in 2004 Associate Professor. His research is focused on synthesis and self-assembly of tailored polymers and analytical polymer science, with applications in material science, nanotechnology and medicine; Wolfgang H. Binder has published more than 120 scientific articles.