Self-Healing at the Nanoscale

<p>A complete panorama of self-healing strategies<strong> Self-Healing at the Nanoscale: Mechanisms and Key Concepts of Natural and Artificial Systems</strong> focuses on the development of new nanoscale self-healing systems from general concepts to physical chemical mechanisms. With a special emphasis on key concepts strategies and mechanisms at the atomic molecular and nanometric scales this book is made up of three parts:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li> <em>Natural Self-Healing Systems</em> covers paradigmatic self-repair systems developed by nature in living organisms</li> <li> <em>Artificial Self-Healing Systems</em> describes various materials whose structures have been engineered at the micro- or nanoscale to obtain self-repair ability</li> <li> <em>Frontiers of Self-Healing Systems</em> includes contributions on systems studied in recent years that have shown potential for developing or inspiring new self-healing nanomaterials </li> </ul><p>The development of self-healing systems especially concerning materials and the nanoscale is a nascent yet appealing topic for scientists in fields ranging from engineering to biology. <strong>Self-Healing at the Nanoscale</strong> provides a broad view of the concepts mechanisms and types of self-healing systems at the nanoscale forming a guide to the field and inspiring the development of self-healing systems for the future.</p>