Review Article
Self-Healing Materials Systems: Overview of Major Approaches and Recent Developed Technologies
Table 2
Literature summary of self-healing chemicals investigated for the microencapsulation approach. Adapted from [
34].
| Self-healing agent | Catalyst | Self-healing reaction | Reference |
| Dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) | Bis(tricyclohexylphosphene) benzylidine ruthenium (IV) dichloride (Grubbs’ catalyst) | Ring-opening metathesis polymerization | [6, 21, 22, 34, 46, 47, 49, 83–90] |
| 5-Ethylidene-2-norbornene (ENB) | Bis(tricyclohexylphosphene) benzylidine ruthenium (IV) dichloride (Grubbs’ catalyst) | Ring-opening metathesis polymerization | [86] |
| DCPD/ENB blends | Bis(tricyclohexylphosphene) benzylidine ruthenium (IV) dichloride (Grubbs’ catalyst) | Ring-opening metathesis polymerization | [87] |
| Mixture of hydroxyl end functionalised Polydimethylsiloxane (HOPMDS) and Polydiethoxysiloxane (PDES) | Di-n-butyltin dilaurate | Polycondensation | [91] |
| Epoxy | Amine | Polycondensation | [48, 51, 92] |
| Styrene-based system | Cobalt naphthenate, dimethylaniline | Radical polymerization | [38] |
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