Review Study on Mechanical Properties of Self-Healing materials

Abstract

Self-healing materials as the name suggest these materials can self-heal themselves. Self-healing materials is the need of the future. It has a most prominent and effective pplication in the field of aerospace, but it is not limited to the aerospace industry. Concrete cement being the cheapest also has the application of self-healing agents that leads to the replenishment of cracks easily so that the life span of the concrete increases furthermore. Another prominent field where self-healing materials have a wide application is ESDs electronic storage devices because of the sensitivity of ESDs. Not only restricted to ESDs it is also planned to be used in robots as the chances of wear and tear are more and is skin sensitive. Further in this review, mechanical properties such as strength, toughness, hardness, and fatigue are discussed.