Self-repairing material systems―a dream or a reality英文资料.pdfVIP

Vol.2, No.8, 873-901 (2010) Natural Science doi:10.4236/ns.2010.28110 Self-repairing material systems―a dream or a reality? Hartmut Fischer1,2 1TNO Science and Industry, Eindhoven, The Netherlands; 2CSIRO Material Science and Engineering, Clayton South, Australia; hartmut.fischer@tno.nl Received 21 April 2010; revised 22 June 2010; accepted 27 June 2010. ABSTRACT remodel themselves continuously. Damaged material is removed and replaced by new material and over-de- Currently, most industrial materials rely entirely signed material is also removed and structures under on passive protection mechanisms; such me- stress are enhanced by additional material. To enable this chanisms are readily applicable and universal process, specific cells entrapped in the bone tissues act for many different materials systems. However, as strain sensors and feel large deformations. Subse- they will always stay passive, and therefore their quently, signals are sent to cells responsible for remov- lifetime and functionality is limited and related to the amount of protective additives and the ing or forming material (bone) [1]. intensity of their consumption. Therefore, better, In order to deal with the phenomenon and the con- and preferen