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In this introductory chapter, the fundamental concepts related to self-healing in nature are introduced and the applications of this phenomenon in engineering materials are outlined. Although natural self-healing is predominantly based on vascular systems, self-healing engineering materials initially used another path.

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Alexander L. Yarin

  2. Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Jeollabuk-do, Korea (Republic of)

    Min Wook Lee

  3. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Seongpil An

  4. School of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Sam S. Yoon

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Yarin, A.L., Lee, M.W., An, S., Yoon, S.S. (2019). Introduction. In: Self-Healing Nanotextured Vascular Engineering Materials. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 105. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05267-6_1

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