Multichannel and repeatable self-healing of mechanical enhanced graphene-thermoplastic polyurethane composites.

Huang, Lu; Yi, Ningbo; Wu, Yingpeng; Zhang, Yi; Zhang, Qian; Huang, Yi; Ma, Yanfeng; Chen, Yongsheng · Adv Mater · 2013

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A novel self-healing material, which was fabricated using few-layered graphene (FG) and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) via a facile method, not only exhibits a mechanical enhanced property, but also can be repeatedly healed by various methods including infrared (IR) light, electricity and electromagnetic wave with healing efficiencies higher than 98%.

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