Recent Advances in Smart Self-Healing Polymers and Composites

Dr. Guoqiang Li is the Major Morris S. & DeEtte A. Anderson Memorial LSU Alumni Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University, USA. He is also holder of the John W. Rhea Jr. Professorship in Engineering at the same university. His research interests include: Composite Joints; Grid Stiffened Composite Structures; Infrastructure Composites; Low/High Velocity Impact of Composite Structures; Mechanics of Composite Materials; Particulate-Filled Composites; Repair and Rehabilitation of Composite Structures; and Smart Self-Healing Composites. Dr. Xiaming Feng is a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. He attained his PhD from the University of Science and Technology of China, School of Safety Science and Engineering, Hefei, in 2015. His research expertise includes: nanocomposites, composites; materials- characterization; nanomaterials synthesis; polymeric materials; graphene-based materials; surface functionalization; TEM image analysis; FTIR analysis and TGA.

1. Overview of crack self-healing 2. Healing efficiency characterization of self-healing polymers 3. Theoretical aspects and modeling of healing efficiency in polymeric systems 4. A modular concept for the solid-state healing of polymer resins and composites 5. Capsules-based self-healing polymers and polymer composites 6. Microvascular-based self-healing materials 7. Reversible chemical bond-based self-healing materials 8. Supramolecular network-based self-healing polymer materials 9. Self-healing coatings 10. Self-healing elastomers 11. Shape memory polymer-based self-healing composites 12. Self-healing composites with embedded shape memory polymer fibers and polymeric artificial muscle wires 13. Additive manufacturing of self-healing polymers and composites 14. Multifunctional thermoset polymers with self-healing ability 15. Recyclable thermoset polymers: beyond self-healing