Ghosh S.K. (Ed.) Self-healing Materials: Fundamentals, Design Strategies, and Applications

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, 2009. — 307 p. — ISBN: 3527318291Scientists have altered the properties of materials such as metals, alloys, polymers, and so on, to suit the ever changing needs of our society. As we entered into the twenty-first century, search of advanced materials with crack avoidance and long-term durability is on high priority. The challenge for material scientists is therefore to develop new technologies that can produce novel materials with increased safety, extended lifetime and no aftercare or a very less amount of repairingcosts.Tostimulatethisinterdisciplinaryresearchinmaterialstechnology, the idea of compiling a book came to my mind in 2005. When I contacted one of the pioneer scientists in this field he remarked that it is too early to write a book on such a topic. His opinion was right because the field of material science and technology is rapidly advancing and it would be worth to wait few more years to include the latest updates.Thus this book is complied when the field of self-healing materials research is not matured enough as it is in its childhood.
The title Self-healing Materials itself describes the context of this book.It intends to provide its readers an upto date introduction of the field of self-healing materials (broadly divided into four classes—metals, polymers, ceramics/concretes, and coatings) with the emphasis on synthesis, structure, property, and possible applications. Though this book is mainly devoted to the scientists and engineers in industry and academia as its principle audience, it can also be recommended for graduate courses.Self-healing Materials: Fundamentals, Design Strategies, and Applications
Self-healing Polymers and Polymer Composites
Self-Healing Ionomers
Self-healing Anticorrosion Coatings
Self-healing Processes in Concrete
Self-healing of Surface Cracks in Structural Ceramics
Self-healing of Metallic Materials: Self-healing of Creep Cavity and Fatigue Cavity/crack
Principles of Self-healing in Metals and Alloys: An Introduction
Modeling Self-healing of Fiber-reinforced Polymer–matrix Composites with Distributed Damage