Self-healing materials : fundamentals, design strategies, and applications /

The book covers self-healing concepts for all important material classes and their applications: polymers, ceramics, non-metallic and metallic coatings, alloys, nanocomposites, concretes and cements, as well as ionomers. Beginning with the inspiration from biological self-healing, its mimickry and c...

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Other Authors: Ghosh, Swapan Kumar
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, ©2009.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The book covers self-healing concepts for all important material classes and their applications: polymers, ceramics, non-metallic and metallic coatings, alloys, nanocomposites, concretes and cements, as well as ionomers. Beginning with the inspiration from biological self-healing, its mimickry and conceptual transfer into approaches for the self-repair of artificially created materials, this book explains the strategies and mechanisms for the readers' basic understanding, then covers the different material classes and suitable self-healing concepts, giving examples for their application in pra.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 291 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783527625383
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