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@article{D'Elia:2016:10.1038/srep25059,
author = {D'Elia, E and Eslava, S and Miranda, M and Georgiou, TK and Saiz, E},
doi = {10.1038/srep25059},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
title = {Autonomous self-healing structural composites with bio-inspired design},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep25059},
volume = {6},
year = {2016}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - Strong and tough natural composites such as bone, silk or nacre are often built from stiff blocks boundtogether using thin interfacial soft layers that can also provide sacrificial bonds for self-repair. Herewe show that it is possible exploit this design in order to create self-healing structural composites byusing thin supramolecular polymer interfaces between ceramic blocks. We have built model brick-andmortarstructures with ceramic contents above 95 vol% that exhibit strengths of the order of MPa(three orders of magnitude higher than the interfacial polymer) and fracture energies that are twoorders of magnitude higher than those of the glass bricks. More importantly, these properties can befully recovered after fracture without using external stimuli or delivering healing agents. This approachdemonstrates a very promising route towards the design of strong, ideal self-healing materials able toself-repair repeatedly without degradation or external stimuli.
AU - D'Elia,E
AU - Eslava,S
AU - Miranda,M
AU - Georgiou,TK
AU - Saiz,E
DO - 10.1038/srep25059
PY - 2016///
SN - 2045-2322
TI - Autonomous self-healing structural composites with bio-inspired design
T2 - Scientific Reports
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep25059
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/31240
VL - 6
ER -