• Composites Research
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.316-321
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• 2015

This study investigated the effects of microcapsules on mechanical properties and thermal stability of the composite material containing self-healing microcapsules. To this end, tensile specimens and flexural specimens containing melamine-urea-formaldehyde (M-U-F) shell walled microcapsules with diameters of $70{\sim}130{\mu}m$ were manufactured. Varying amount of microcapsules in the specimens was considered: 0 wt%, 0.5 wt%, and 1.0 wt%. The tensile and flexural tests were conducted to evaluate mechanical properties of the specimens containing the microcapsules and the thermogravimetric analysis test was performed to evaluate the thermal stability of the specimens containing the microcapsules. The results show that the tensile strength of the specimens was sensitive to the amount of the microcapsules compared to the tensile modulus even though the tensile modulus of the specimens was not significantly affected by the amount of the microcapsules. However, reduction of the tensile strength was not linearly proportional to the amount of microcapsules; similar results were observed in the flexural test. The weight changes of the specimens containing the microcapsules, as a function of temperature, were similar to those specimens without microcapsules. The thermal stability of the specimens was not affected significantly by the microcapsules embedded in the specimens.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.48 no.3
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• pp.232-240
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• 2013

Microcapsules having healing agent were prepared in which 2,6-dimethylphenol (DMP) as a healing agent forms the core and melamine/formaldehyde resin forms the shell. Microcapsule-contained asphalts showed better mechanical properties than non-contained ones. And as the rest time passed the impact strength of microcapsule-contained asphalt was getting higher than that of asphalt without the microcapsule. As the rest time of 15 days passed, the original strength was restored. This tells that microcapsule-contained asphalt had the ability of self-healing. X-ray photos proved that DMP on asphalt fracture surface, which were burst out of the microcapsules when cracks occurred on asphalt, were polymerized to polyphenyleneoxide and this PPO covered the crack and healed the damage.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.579-587
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• 2015

In this paper, microencapsulated healing agent was embedded in the polymer matrix to obtain self healing properties. Microencapsulation of methacrylate using polyurea-formaldehyde as a shell material and studied the effect of agitation rate on capsule characteristics such as size, shell thickness, and surface morphology. The formation of microcapsules was confirmed by FTIR and TGA, and capsule characteristics were studied by optical microscopy and SEM. The self-healing effect was evaluated using permeability measurements and further confirmed by surface analytical tools including optical microscope. According to the experimental results, the microencapsulated healing system has the self-heaing ability for artificial cracks.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2008.11b
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• pp.1674-1678
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• 2008

자가손상복구 기법에서 마이크로캡슐은 손상복구 효율을 좌우하는 중요한 역할을 한다. 본 연구에서는 다양한 종류의 손상복구액을 함유한 마이크로캡슐을 Melamine/Urea/Formaldehyde를 외벽물질로 하여 in-situ 중합법에 의해서 oil-in-water emulsion 방법으로 제조하였다. 제조된 마이크로캡슐을 광학현미경, 주사전자현미경으로 캡슐 모폴로지, 외부 및 내부표면, 외벽 두께 등을 조사하였다. 그리고 입도분석기를 이용하여 캡슐의 크기를 측정하였으며 그 결과 캡슐의 직경은 평균 약 120 마이크론 정도였다.

• Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.129-133
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• 2020

The concentration of remaining formaldehyde contained in waste liquid emitted from the process of urea-formaldehyde microcapsule synthesis was analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Three factors that can affect on the reaction of formaldehyde were selected including pH, ammonium chloride input and temperature. The effect of these factors on the concentration of remaining formaldehyde was studied. When ammonium chloride input was 0.025g, microcapsules could not be obtained or core substance leaked out because of weak shell, and therefore this reaction condition would be inadequate. It was confirmed that the concentration of remaining formaldehyde could be minimized when the microencapsulation was conducted at 70℃ and pH 2.5 by using a ammonium chloride input of 0.050g. This study can make contribution to UF microencapsulation in safer working environment.