The lifetime of man-made materials is controlled largely by the wear and tear of everyday
use, environmental stress and unexpected damage, which ultimately lead to failure and …

Self-healing polymer composites possess the inherent ability to heal the damage event
autonomically or non-autonomically with external intervention. These advanced materials …

Increasing awareness for sustainability has led to the development of smart self-healing
materials, which can extend the service life and improve safety without human intervention …

Living systems rely on pervasive vascular networks to enable a plurality of biological
function in both soft and hard tissue. Extensive vasculature in composite structures, such as …

Wind energy is a well proven and cost-effective technology and expected to be a promising
technology in which industry responds to the environmental targets—so becoming an …

Repair in composite materials is tending towards autonomic healing systems. This is a
technological departure from the mechanical repair currently practiced in industry. For …

Inspired by natural healing processes, a variety of synthetic selfhealing materials have been
developed that can heal structural damage autonomously.[1] Artificial vascular systems …

Self-healing composites are composite materials capable of automatic recovery when
damaged. They are inspired by biological systems such as the human skin which are …

This paper sets out to review the current state of the art in applying self‐healing/self‐repair to
high‐performing advanced fiber‐reinforced polymer composite materials (FRPs). A …

This review is devoted to the description of methods for the self-healing of polymers, polymer
composites, and coatings. The self-healing of damages that occur during the operation of …