Bytesize Science features Sottos' self-healing work

The wide scope of projects Nancy Sottos and her graduate students pursue in developing self-healing materials that mimic biological processes are now featured on the American Chemical Society’s Bytesize Science website.

A Donald B. Willett Professor of Engineering, Sottos is a professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Aerospace Engineering (AE), and a researcher at the Beckman Institute and the Materials Research Laboratory at Illinois.

The video below shows AE graduate student Henghua Jin working with microcapsules that, when broken, “bleed” and release a chemical that aids in “healing” cracks. Marta Baginska, also a graduate student in AE, demonstrates a self-healing electronic circuit. Civil Engineering graduate student Jason Patrick tells of the group’s work with microvascular systems.

For more information, visit the American Chemical Society's story.
 

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Contact: Nancy R. Sottos, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 217/333-1041.

Writer: Susan Mumm, editor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, 217/244-5382.

If you have any questions about the College of Engineering, or other story ideas, contact Rick Kubetz,editor, Engineering Communications Office, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 217/244-7716.