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Within the current study, a novel approach for the detailed determination of the scratch healing efficiency in mussel-inspired polymer films is presented. For this purpose, a sensor molecule was incorporated… Click to show full abstract
Within the current study, a novel approach for the detailed determination of the scratch healing efficiency in mussel-inspired polymer films is presented. For this purpose, a sensor molecule was incorporated into a self-healing polymer network based on reversible zinc–histidine interactions. The fluorescence of the sensor molecule was monitored enabling a detailed depth- and time-resolved determination of the healing efficiency by means of confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). Finally, this concept represents an efficient and detailed approach for the determination of the scratch self-healing efficiency in polymer films and can also be applied for other scratch self-healing systems, which are based on reversible dynamic bonds.
Journal Title: Chemistry of Materials
Year Published: 2018
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