Flexible, self-healing and portable supramolecular visualization smart sensors for monitoring and quantifying structural damage

• Published in: Materials horizons Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 19 - 24
• Main Authors: Jiao, Dezhi, Gu, Sihan, Cheng, Li, Li, Shuoqi, Liu, Chengbao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 02.01.2025
• Subjects: Chemical bonds; Component reliability; Corrosion; Corrosion environments; Crack initiation; Damage detection; Elastomers; Energy harvesting; Extreme environments; Hydrogen bonding; Image processing; Localized corrosion; Microcracks; Network reliability; Portable equipment; Quantitative analysis; Real time; Scale (corrosion); Self healing materials; Sensors; Smart sensors; Stress corrosion cracking; Structural damage; Structural failure; Structural health monitoring; Visual signals

Visually monitoring micro-crack initiation and corrosion failure evolution is crucial for early diagnosis of structural health and ensuring safe operation of infrastructures. However, existing damage detecting approaches are subject to the limited-detection of heterogeneous structures, intolerance o...