Multichannel and Repeatable Self-Healing of Mechanical Enhanced Graphene-Thermoplastic Polyurethane Composites

Lu Huang, Ningbo Yi, Yingpeng Wu, Yi Zhang, Qian Zhang, Yi Huang^*, Yanfeng Ma, Yongsheng Chen^*

A novel self-healing material, which was fabricated using few-layered graphene (FG) and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) via a facile method, not only exhibits a mechanical enhanced property, but also can be repeatedly healed by various methods including infrared (IR) light, electricity and electromagnetic wave with healing efficiencies higher than 98%.