Article
  • Microcapsules Containing Self-Healing Agent with Red Dye
  • Guang Y, Lee JK
  • 빨간 색소를 함유한 자가치료제 마이크로캡슐
  • 양광, 이종근
Abstract
Microcapsules of two different self-healing agents, 5-ethylidene-2-norbornene (ENB) and ENB with a crosslinker, surrounded by a melamine-urea-formaldehyde shell were manufactured. In this work, a red dye was incorporated into the self-healing agents as a tracer for better visual observations. It revealed that the incorporation of a red dye into self-healing agents did not disturb the formation of microcapsules from the examination of thermal resistance, particle size/size distribution and morphology of the resulting microcapsules. Releasing of self-healing liquid into the induced crack from ruptured microcapsules and filling between crack planes were observed using an optical microscope. Also observed was the reaction of filled healing agent with embedded Grubbs' catalyst in an epoxy coating layer.

본 연구에서는 5-ethylidene-2-norbornene(ENB)과 가교제가 혼합된 ENB 자가치료제에 melamine-ureaformaldehyde로 둘러싸인 마이크로캡슐을 제조하였다. 이때 자가치료제에는 빨간 색소를 첨가하여 관찰이 용이하도록 하였다. 마이크로캡슐의 열적 저항성과 캡슐의 크기 및 분포 그리고 형상을 관찰한 결과 우수한 캡슐이 제조된 것을 확인하였으며, 자가치료제에 빨간 색소의 첨가가 캡슐의 형성에 영향을 주지 않았다. 또한 마이크로캡슐과 Grubbs 촉매를 에폭시 코팅 층에 분산시킨 다음 이에 손상을 가하여 크랙을 유발하고 그것을 광학현미경으로 관찰한 결과, 크랙에 의해 캡슐이 파손되어 자가치료제가 흘러나와 크랙 면을 채우고 촉매와 반응하는 것을 알 수 있었다.

Keywords: self-healing; microcapsule; red dye; optical microscopic observation; epoxy coating.

  • Polymer(Korea) 폴리머
  • Frequency : Bimonthly(odd)
    ISSN 0379-153X(Print)
    ISSN 2234-8077(Online)
    Abbr. Polym. Korea
  • 2022 Impact Factor : 0.4
  • Indexed in SCIE

This Article

  • 2013; 37(3): 356-361

    Published online May 25, 2013

  • 10.7317/pk.
  • Received on Dec 3, 2012
  • Revised on Nov 30, -0001
  • Accepted on Jan 31, 2013

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