Microencapsulation Technology for Self-Healing Materials Applications

The aim of this project is to develop self-healing anticorrosion coatings with enhanced flame-retardant properties to protect metallic surfaces. The focus of this study is on extrinsic self-healing technology based on the encapsulation of healing agents. To achieve our purpose, a natural healing agent has been selected to be encapsulated in phosphorylated biopolymer shell materials. Thus, the biopolymer bearing phosphonate groups was prepared via phosphorylation reaction under specific conditions. The effect of the phosphonate group in combination with the healing agent was investigated as anti-corrosion additives.