New Autonomous Water-Enabled Self-Healing Coating Material with Antibacterial-Agent-Releasing Properties

• Main Authors: Ki-Hak Kim (Author), Hang-Nga Mai (Author), Dong-Choon Hyun (Author), Du-Hyeong Lee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A new autonomous water-enabled self-healing coating with antibacterial-agent-releasing capability was developed for the first time by precipitating an aqueous solution of hydrogen-bonded tannic acid (TA) and polyethylene glycol (PEG) (TA: 5 mg/mL; PEG: 5 mg/mL with M_W = 100 kD...