Magazine Article

Mechanoresponsive Healing Polymers

TBMG-26348

02/01/2017

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NASA's Langley Research Center is developing an innovative self-healing resin that automatically reacts to mechanical stimuli. Current structural materials are not self-healing, making it necessary to depend on complicated and potentially destructive repair methods and long down times. Unlike other proposed self-healing materials that use microencapsulated healing agents, this technology utilizes viscoelastic properties from inherent structure properties. The resulting technology is a self-healing material with rapid rates of healing and a wide range of use temperatures.

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"Mechanoresponsive Healing Polymers," Mobility Engineering, February 1, 2017.
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Feb 1, 2017
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TBMG-26348
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Magazine Article
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English