Ionomers are a class of polymers which have up to 20 mol% of ionic species incorporated into the structure of the organic polymer. These ionic species create interactions or aggregates [17, 28], not present in comparable non-ionic polymers that have a profound effect upon the mechanical and physical properties of the polymer. As a result there has been much research in both academia and industry over the last 30 years [4, 22] aimed at increasing the understanding of structure–property relationships in these polymers while also exploring new commercial applications. The self healing phenomenon exhibited by ionomers is a particularly interesting property arising from their unique chemical structure and is the subject of this chapter.
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Varley, R. (2007). Ionomers as Self Healing Polymers. In: van der Zwaag, S. (eds) Self Healing Materials. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 100. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6250-6_5
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