This book gives an overview of the existing self-healing nanotextured vascular approaches. It
describes the healing agents used in engineering self-healing materials as well as the
fundamental physicochemical phenomena accompanying self-healing. This book also addresses
the different fabrication methods used to form core–shell nanofiber mats. The fundamental
theoretical aspects of fracture mechanics are outlined. A brief theoretical description of cracks
in brittle elastic materials is given and the Griffith approach is introduced. The fracture
toughness is described, including viscoelastic effects. Critical (catastrophic) and subcritical
(fatigue) cracks and their growth are also described theoretically. The adhesion and cohesion
energies are introduced as well, and the theory of the blister test for the two limiting cases of
stiff and soft materials is developed. In addition, the effect of non-self-healing nanofiber mats
on the toughening of ply surfaces in composites is discussed. The book also presents a brief
description of the electrochemical theory of corrosion crack growth. All the above-mentioned
phenomena are relevant in the context of self-healing materials.
Alexander L. Yarin received his M.Sc. (Applied Physics) in 1977, Ph.D. (Physics and Mathematics) in 1980, and DSc (Habilitation in Physics and Mathematics) in 1989. He holds the following positions: Junior & Senior Research Associate at The Institute for Problems in Mechanics of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow (1977–1990) and concurrently Professor at the Department of Molecular and Chemical Physics of The Physico-Technical Institute (1985–1989) and The Aviation Technology Institute, Moscow, USSR (1988–1990); Professor at The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (1990–2006; Eduard Pestel Chair Professor in Mechanical Engineering at The Technion in 1999–2006); Professor at The University of Illinois at Chicago, USA (2006–present; Distinguished Professor in 2014–present); Fellow of the Center for Smart Interfaces at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany (2008–2012); Visiting Professor at Korea University (Seoul, S. Korea, 2013–present). Dr. Yarin was a VisitingProfessor on sabbatical at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Chem. Eng. Dept.) in 1996–1997, and at The University of Illinois at Chicago in 2003–2004. Prof. Yarin is the author of 4 books, 12 book chapters, 324 research papers in leading peer-reviewed journal, 60 conference papers, 7 miscellaneous publications and 8 patents. Two of his books were recently published: A.L. Yarin, B. Pourdeyhimi, S. Ramakrishna. Fundamentals and Applications of Micro- and Nanofibers. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2014; A.L. Yarin, I.V. Roisman, C. Tropea. Collision Phenomena in Liquids and Solids. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2017. He is the author of the reviews: A.L. Yarin, "Drop Impact Dynamics: Splashing, Spreading, Receding, Bouncing…" in Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 38, 159-192 (2006); A.L. Yarin. Coaxial electrospinning and emulsion electrospinning of core-shell fibers. Polymers Advanced Technologies 22, 310-317 (2011), and co-authors of the following review articles, M.W. Lee, S. An, S.S. Yoon, A.L. Yarin. Advances in self-healing materials based on vascular networks with mechanical self-repair characteristics. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science (in press 2018); X. Wu, A.L. Yarin. Recent progress in interfacial toughening and damage self-healing of polymer composites based on electrospun and solution-blown nanofibers: An overview. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 129, 2225-2237 (2013); A. Greiner, J.H.Wendorff, A.L. Yarin, E. Zussman,"Biohybrid nanosystems with polymer nanofibers and nanotubes". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 71, N 4, 387-393 (2006); D.H. Reneker, A.L. Yarin, E. Zussman, H. Xu, Electrospinning of nanofibers from polymer solutions and melts. Advances in Applied Mechanics 41, 43-195 (2007); A.L. Yarin, E. Zussman, J.H. Wendorff, A. Greiner. Material encapsulation in core-shell micro/nanofibers, polymer and carbon nanotubes and micro/nanochannels. J. Mater. Chem. 17, 2585-2599 (2007); D.H. Reneker, A.L. Yarin. Electrospinning jets and polymer nanofibers. Polymer, v. 49, 2387-2425 (2008); Y. Zhang, S. Sinha-Ray, A.L. Yarin. Mechanoresponsive polymer nanoparticles, nanofibers and coatings as drug carriers and components of microfluidic devices. J. Mater. Chem. 21, 8269-8281 (2011).
Dr. Yarin is an author of two chapters in Handbook of Atomization and Sprays: Theory and Applications, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg (2011). Dr. Yarin is one of the three co-Editors of “Springer Handbook of Experimental Fluid Mechanics”, 2007, and the Associate Editor of the journal “Experiments in Fluids” published by Springer. Dr. Yarin worked on nano-textured self-healing materials, electrospinning, solution blowing, drop impacts and collision phenomena, generally in the field of materials science, applied physics, fluid and solid mechanics. He is also the Member of the International Editorial Advisory Board of the Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and of the journal “Archives of Mechanics”, as well as the Member ofthe Editorial Advisory Board of the journal “Electrospinning”. Prof. Yarin is the Fellow of the American Physical Society. Prof. Yarin was the Fellow of the Rashi Foundation, The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and was awarded Gutwirth Award, Hershel Rich Prize and Prize for Technological Development for Defense against Terror of the American-Technion Society. His present h-index (Google Scholar, 1/2018) is 59.
Min Wook Lee completed his B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Korea University in 2008 and 2010, respectively. He pursued his Ph.D. studies at the School of Mechanical Engineering at Korea University (2014), followed by postdoctoral studies in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago (from January 2014 to March 2017). In 2017 Dr. Lee has been appointed as a Senior Researcher in Multifunctional Structural Composite Research Center at KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology). His research interests include electrospinnig, solution blowing, self-healing composites and fracture mechanics. His present h-index (Scopus, 1/2018) is 16. Dr. Lee is the author of 39 research papers and 17 domestic/PCT patents.
Seongpil An received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees at the School of Mechanical Engineering from Korea University (Seoul, Republic of Korea) in 2012 and 2017, respectively. Dr. An is a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago from 2017. His current research interests include various mechanical, chemical, and electrical engineering applications of nano- and micro-scale electrospun polymer fibers, as well as nano-textured self-healing materials. He has hitherto published 55 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals and has registered 11 patents in Republic of Korea. His present h-index (Google Scholar, 01/2018) is 15.
Dr. Sam S. Yoon is a Professor of the School of Mechanical Engineering at Korea University since 2005. He received a B.S. degree from Colorado School of Mines in 1997, a M.S. and Ph.D. degree in Aeronautics & Astronautics from Purdue University in 1999 and 2002, respectively. He was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Fire Science & Technology (9132) at Sandia National Laboratory from 2002 to 2005. He was a Visiting Professor at the NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) in 2011. He has so far published over 186 peer-reviewed journal papers in the areas of electronics thermal management, heaters, thermal barrier coatings, supersonic cold spraying, inkjet printing, electrospraying, electrospinning, aerosol deposition, surface modification (superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic), self-cleaning, self-healing composite materials with focus on energy and environmental applications. His present h-index (Scopus, 1/2018) is 25.
