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Ekeocha, James, Ellingford, Christopher, Pan, Min, Wemyss, Alan M., Bowen, Christopher and Wan, Chaoying (2021) Challenges and opportunities of self‐healing polymers and devices for extreme and hostile environments. Advanced Materials, 33 (33). 2008052. doi:10.1002/adma.202008052 ISSN 0935-9648.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202008052
Abstract
Engineering materials and devices can be damaged during their service life as a result of mechanical fatigue, punctures, electrical breakdown, and electrochemical corrosion. This damage can lead to unexpected failure during operation, which requires regular inspection, repair, and replacement of the products, resulting in additional energy consumption and cost. During operation in challenging, extreme, or harsh environments, such as those encountered in high or low temperature, nuclear, offshore, space, and deep mining environments, the robustness and stability of materials and devices are extremely important. Over recent decades, significant effort has been invested into improving the robustness and stability of materials through either structural design, the introduction of new chemistry, or improved manufacturing processes. Inspired by natural systems, the creation of self-healing materials has the potential to overcome these challenges and provide a route to achieve dynamic repair during service. Current research on self-healing polymers remains in its infancy, and self-healing behavior under harsh and extreme conditions is a particularly untapped area of research. Here, the self-healing mechanisms and performance of materials under a variety of harsh environments are discussed. An overview of polymer-based devices developed for a range of challenging environments is provided, along with areas for future research.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Self-healing materials , Polymers , Polymers -- Environmental aspects, Polymers -- Industrial applications | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Advanced Materials | ||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0935-9648 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 19 August 2021 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 33 | ||||||||
Number: | 33 | ||||||||
Article Number: | 2008052 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1002/adma.202008052 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Ekeocha, J., Ellingford, C., Pan, M., Wemyss, A. M., Bowen, C., Wan, C., Challenges and Opportunities of Self-Healing Polymers and Devices for Extreme and Hostile Environments. Adv. Mater. 2021, 2008052., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202008052. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 7 July 2021 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 24 June 2022 | ||||||||
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