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Scanning Electron Microscopic image of self-healing capability - damaged areas are filled in by self-healing and corrosion inhibiting materials.
Technologies at Luna Innovations
Self-healing Coatings
Because of the staggering costs stemming from corrosion of steel infrastructure, there is a tremendous need to develop intelligent coatings that can perform numerous functions above those historically demanded of coatings. Luna Innovations is addressing this need to enhance the service life of steel structures, vehicles, and armored personnel carriers by developing an intelligent coating that will respond to a damage event to the coating and release (1) film-formers to heal the wound (self-healing), and (2) corrosion inhibitors to provide additional corrosion prevention to the site. The Luna team is combining its recent successes in corrosion prevention, water-borne resin development, and specialty coating formulations chemistry using microcapsules to design a unique coating system that has the potential to meet multiple damage challenges to the same location.
