A facile method for preparation of self-healing epoxy composites: Using electrospun nanofibers as microchannels

Vahdat Vahedi; Pooria Pasbakhsh; Siang-Piao Chai; Eng Seng Chan

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A facile method for preparation of self-healing epoxy composites: Using electrospun nanofibers as microchannels

Vahdat Vahedi, Pooria Pasbakhsh, Siang-Piao Chai, Eng Seng Chan

Malaysia Sch of Engineering

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Electrospun nanofibrous mats of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) carrying epoxy and amine dual healing solutions were incorporated into an epoxy matrix to impart self-healing functionality. The self-healing performance of the epoxy composites was measured using fracture toughness tests. The average healing efficiency was approximately 75 at 50 ?C and 38 at room temperature. The epoxy composites were capable of repeated self-healing for up to 6 times at room temperature. This new method of preparing self-healing epoxy is cheap and versatile and can be optimized for mass production of high performance self-healing structural composites.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	16005 - 16012
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Volume	3
Issue number	31
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ta02294k
Publication status	Published - 2015

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Vahedi, V., Pasbakhsh, P., Chai, S. P. & Chan, E. S., 6 Aug 2015, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 3, 35, p. 18310 1 p.
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