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MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Volume 118, Issue 1, Pages 63-70Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2009.07.004
Keywords
Dicyclopentadiene; Mechanical strength; Micromanipulation; Microcapsule; Polymer; Self-healing
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- China Scholarship Council
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Microcapsules containing a self-healing agent may be incorporated into functional materials to maintain their mechanical strength after a crack is generated. Such microcapsules Should have optimum mechanical strength. In this work, microcapsules were formulated by encapsulazing dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) with a shell of melamine formaldehyde (MF) The morphology of the microcapsules was characterised using optical microscopy and environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) The shell thickness of the microcapsules was measured using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) Their size distribution was quantified using Malvern particle sizing. Furthermore, their mechanical properties were determined using a micromanipulation technique Results showed that DCPD was successfully encapsulated by melamine formaldehyde The mean diameter of the microcapsules varied from 10.7 to 16.0 mu m, depending on agitation speed which was used in generation of DCPD (oil)/MF precondenstate (aqueous) emulsion The mechanical strength parameters including rupture force and nominal rupture stress were found to vary with their size and the reaction time of in situ polymerisation of MF. (c) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
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