Magnetic Self-Healing Composites: Synthesis and Applications

Autor: Kenneth Cerdan, Carlos Moya, Peter Van Puyvelde, Gilles Bruylants, Joost Brancart
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Molecules, Vol 27, Iss 12, p 3796 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1420-3049
DOI: 10.3390/molecules27123796
Popis: Magnetic composites and self-healing materials have been drawing much attention in their respective fields of application. Magnetic fillers enable changes in the material properties of objects, in the shapes and structures of objects, and ultimately in the motion and actuation of objects in response to the application of an external field. Self-healing materials possess the ability to repair incurred damage and consequently recover the functional properties during healing. The combination of these two unique features results in important advances in both fields. First, the self-healing ability enables the recovery of the magnetic properties of magnetic composites and structures to extend their service lifetimes in applications such as robotics and biomedicine. Second, magnetic (nano)particles offer many opportunities to improve the healing performance of the resulting self-healing magnetic composites. Magnetic fillers are used for the remote activation of thermal healing through inductive heating and for the closure of large damage by applying an alternating or constant external magnetic field, respectively. Furthermore, hard magnetic particles can be used to permanently magnetize self-healing composites to autonomously re-join severed parts. This paper reviews the synthesis, processing and manufacturing of magnetic self-healing composites for applications in health, robotic actuation, flexible electronics, and many more.
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