Self-Healing Polymer-Based Systems presents all aspects of self-healing polymeric materials, offering detailed information on fundamentals, preparation methods,
Self-healing is a well-known phenomenon in nature: a broken bone merges after some time and if skin is damaged, the wound will stop bleeding and heals again. Th
Polymers are used in many everyday technologies and their degradation due to environmental exposure has lead to great interest in materials which can heal and r
This comprehensive book describes the design, synthesis, mechanisms, characterization, fundamental properties, functions and development of self-healing smart m
There have been many new developments since the first edition of this book was published back in 2015. These can be summarized as follows: integration of multip