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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2011
Jason J. Benkoski, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Rengaswamy Srinivasan, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Jeffrey P. Maranchi, Clarksburg, MD (US);
Jason J. Benkoski, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Rengaswamy Srinivasan, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Jeffrey P. Maranchi, Clarksburg, MD (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
A metallic microcapsule containing a polymeric microcapsule having one or more polymeric precursors encapsulated therein; and a metallic shell enclosing a volume containing the polymeric microcapsule is disclosed. Also disclosed is a self-healing coating composition comprising (a) a film-forming binder; and (b) metallic microcapsules, the metallic microcapsules being the same or different and containing a polymeric microcapsule containing one or more polymeric precursors encapsulated therein; and a metallic shell enclosing a volume containing the polymeric microcapsule.