Sottos Research Group - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Articles in Proceedings (*indicates peer review)

K.S. Toohey, S.R. White, J.A. Lewis, N.R. Sottos, “Continuous self-healing polymers,” Proceedings of the First International Conference on Self-Healing Materials, April 18-20, 2007, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

A.R. Hamilton, S.R. White, N.R. Sottos, “Characterization of microvascular networks for self-healing using fluorescent digital image correlation,” Proceedings of the First International Conference on Self-Healing Materials, April 18-20, 2007, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

J.M. Kamphaus, J.D. Rule, D.A. Delafuente, J.S. Moore, N.R. Sottos, S.R. White, “Development and evaluation of an alternative catalyst for self-healing polymers,” Proceedings of the First International Conference on Self-Healing Materials, April 18-20, 2007, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

G.O. Wilson, H.M. Andersson, N.R. Sottos, S.R. White, J.S. Moore, “Autonomic healing of epoxy vinyl esters via ring opening metathesis polymerization,” Proceedings of the First International Conference on Self-Healing Materials, April 18-20, 2007, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

A.J. Patel, N.R. Sottos, S.R. White, “Self-healing composites for mitigation of impact damage,” Proceedings of the First International Conference on Self-Healing Materials, April 18-20, 2007, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

H.M. Andersson, C.R. Hickenboth, S.L. Potisek, J.S. Moore, N.R. Sottos, S.R. White, “Flow-induced mechanochemical activation,” Proceedings of the First International Conference on Self-Healing Materials, April 18-20, 2007, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

G.M. Miller, J.M. Kamphaus, S.R. White, N.R. Sottos, “Self-healing adhesive film for composite laminate repairs on metallic structures,” Proceedings of the First International Conference on Self-Healing Materials, April 18-20, 2007, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

M.W. Keller, B.A. Beiermann, S.R. White, N.R. Sottos, “Fatigue of self-healing elastomers,” Proceedings of the First International Conference on Self-Healing Materials, April 18-20, 2007, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

W. Wu, C.J. Hansen, S.R. White, N.R. Sottos, J.A Lewis, “Direct ink writing of biomimetic vascular networks,” Proceedings of the First International Conference on Self-Healing Materials, April 18-20, 2007, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

Blaiszik, B.J., White, S.R. and Sottos, N. R., Nanocapsules for Self-healing Composites. Proceedings of the SEM Annual Meeting on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Society for Experimental Mechanics, CD-ROM, St. Louis, MO, June 4-7 (2006).

Keller, M.W., White, S.R. and Sottos, N. R., An Elastomeric Self-healing Material. Proceedings of the SEM Annual Meeting on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Society for Experimental Mechanics, CD-ROM, St. Louis, MO, June 4-7 (2006).

Sottos, N. R., Blaiszik, B. A. and White, S. R. “Nanoencapsulation for Multifunctional Polymers,” NanoEurope, St. Gallen, Switzerland, CD ROM, September 13-15 (2005).

White, S.R., Jones, A.S., Rule, J. D. and Sottos, N.R. “Self-Healing Polymers,” NanoEurope, St. Gallen, Switzerland, CD ROM, September 13-15 (2005).

Berfield, T., Patel, J.K., Sottos, N. R., and Lambros, J., Measurement of Nanoscale Deformations Using Fluorescent Nanoparticles and Digital Image Correlation. Proceedings of the SEM Annual Meeting on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Society for Experimental Mechanics, CD-ROM, Portland, OR, June 6-9 (2005).

Toohey, K., White, S.R. and Sottos, N. R., Self-Healing Polymer Coatings. Proceedings of the SEM Annual Meeting on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Society for Experimental Mechanics, CD-ROM, Portland, OR, June 6-9 (2005).

Keller, M., and Sottos, N. R., Mechanical Properties of Microcapsules for a Self-Healing Composite. Proceedings of the SEM Annual Meeting on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Society for Experimental Mechanics, CD-ROM, Portland, OR, June 6-9 (2005).

White, S.R., Maiti, S., Jones, A.S., Brown, E.N., Sottos, N.R., and Geubelle, P.H. Fatigue of Self-Healing Polymers: Multiscale Analysis and Experiments, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Fracture, CD-ROM, Turine, Italy, March 21-25 (2005).

Geubelle, P.H., Hendrickx, J.M., and Sottos, N.R. Spectral scheme for analysis of dynamic Delamination of a thin film., Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Fracture, CD-ROM, Turine, Italy, March 21-25 (2005).

Sottos, N.R., Kandula, S. and Geubelle, P.H. Crack Initiation in Ultra Thin Patterned Films, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Fracture, CD-ROM, Turine, Italy, March 21-25 (2005).

Ong, R. J., Berfield, T. A., Sottos, N.R. and Payne, D. A. Sol-gel derived Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 multilayer thin films: stress and electrical properties, Proceedings of Electroceramics IX, CD-ROM, Cherbourg, France, May 31 - June 3 (2004).

White, S. R., Sottos, N. R., Moore, J. S., Brown, E.N, Jones, A. S., Rule, J. “Autonomic healing of polymers and composites,” 21st International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM), Paper No. 11684, Warsaw Poland, August 15-21 (2004).

White, S.R., Sottos, N.R., and Toohey, K. Autonomic healing of polymer coatings, Proceedings of the European Conference on Coatings, CD-ROM, Berlin, Germany, June 7-9 (2004).

Keller, M., and Sottos, N. R., Effect or Microcapsule Properties on Self-Healing Composite Performance. Proceedings of SEM International Congress on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Society for Experimental Mechanics, CD-ROM, Costa Mesa, CA, June 7-10 (2004).

Brown, E. N., White, S. R., and Sottos, N. R., Fatigue crack arrest in a self-healing polymer composite. Proceedings of SEM International Congress on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Society for Experimental Mechanics, CD-ROM, Costa Mesa, CA, June 7-10 (2004).

Berfield, T., Sottos, N.R., Ong. R. and Payne, D.A. Residual stress effects in ferroelectric thin films, MRS Symposia Proceedings Ferroelectric Thin Films XII ed. by S. Hoffmann-Eifert, H. Funakubo, A.I. Kingon, I. Koutsaroff, V. Joshi, 784, Materials Research Society [Boston, Dec. 1-5 2003] (2004).

Brown, E.N., White, S.R. and Sottos, N.R. Self-Healing for Improved Fatigue Life. Proceedings of the American Society for Composites (ASC), 18th Annual Technical Conference, ed. by B.V. Sankar and P.G. Ifju, CD-ROM, 195, Oct. 20-22 (2003).

Brown, E. N., Sottos, N. R. and White, S. R. Fatigue crack propagation in a self-healing polymer composite. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM), San Diego, CA, Society of Manufacturing Engineering, CD-ROM, July 14-18 (2003).

Wang, J., Weaver, R.L., and Sottos, N. R. Dynamic failure of thin films using laser induced stress waves. Proceedings of SEM XI International Congress on Experimental Mechanics, Charlotte NC, Society for Experimental Mechanics, CD-ROM, June 2-4 (2003).

Brown, E. N., Sottos, N. R. and White, S. R. Fatigue crack propagation in a self-healing polymer composite. Proceedings of SEM XI International Congress on Experimental Mechanics, Charlotte NC, Society for Experimental Mechanics, CD-ROM, June 2-4 (2003).

Brown, E.N., Moore, J.S., White, S.R., and Sottos, N.R., Fracture and fatigue behavior of a self-healing polymer composite, ed. by G. Schmid, U. Simon, S.J. Stranick, S.M Arrivo, and S. Hong, Bioinspired Nanoscale Hybrid Systems, MRS Symposia Proceedings (C11.22), Materials Research Society [Boston, Dec. 2-6 2002], 735 (2003).

Wang, J., Weaver, R.L., and Sottos, N. R. A novel technique for mixed-mode thin film adhesion measurement. ed. by A. Kumar, W.J. Meng, Y-T. Cheng, J. Zabinski, G.L. Doll, S. Veprek, Surface Engineering 2002–Synthesis, Characterization and Applications, MRS Symposia Proceedings (Y3.5), Materials Research Society [Boston, Dec. 2-6 2002], 750 (2003).

Brown, E.N., Sottos, N.R. and White, S.R. Fracture Testing of a Self-Healing Composite. Proceedings of SEM X International Congress on Experimental Mechanics, Milwaukee WI, Society for Experimental Mechanics, CD-ROM, June 10-12 (2002).

Wang, J., Sottos, N.R. and Weaver, R.L. Mixed-mode failure of thin films using laser generated shear waves. Proceedings of SEM X International Congress on Experimental Mechanics, Milwaukee WI, Society for Experimental Mechanics, CD-ROM, June 10-12 (2002).

Brown, E.N., Sottos, N.R. and White, S.R. Microcapsule induced toughening in a self-healing composite. Proceedings of the American Society for Composites (ASC), 17th Annual Technical Conference, ed. by C.T. Sun and H. Kim, CD-ROM, 175, Oct. 21-23 (2002). ***Received ASC Best Paper Award 2003***

*Lian, L. and Sottos, N.R. Stress effects in ferroelectric thin films. Proceedings of 2001 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, New York, CD-ROM, IMECE2001/AD-23734, Nov. 11-16 (2001).

White, S.R., Sottos, N.R., Moore, J.S., and Geubelle, P.H. Autonomic healing of polymer composites. Proceedings of the American Society for Composites (ASC), 16th Annual Technical Conference, ed. by M. Hyer et al., CD-ROM, Session TB-4, Sept. 10-12 (2001). ***Received ASC Best Paper Award 2002***

Sottos, N.R. and Mackin, T.J. Tailoring interfacial toughness in model composites for improved damage tolerance. Proceedings of the American Society for Composites, 15th Annual Technical Conference, ed. By O. Ochoa, et al., CD-ROM, p. 1043-1050, Sept. 25-27 (2000).

Sottos, N.R. and Guebelle, P.H. Observation and simulation of interfacial failure during fiber pushout. Proceedings of SEM IX International Congress on Experimental Mechanics, Orlando FL, Society for Experimental Mechanics, CD-ROM, 116-119, June 5-8 (2000).

Brown, E.N. and Sottos, N.R. Performance of embedded microspheres for self-healing polymer composite applications. Proceedings of SEM IX International Congress on Experimental Mechanics, Orlando FL, Society for Experimental Mechanics, CD-ROM, 563-566, June 5-8 (2000).

Damljanovic, V. and Sottos, N. R. Interfacial design for damage tolerant composites. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Composite Materials, Paris, CD ROM, paper no. 688, July 5-9 (1999).

Liu, R. H., Beebe, D. J. and Sottos, N. R. Characterization of silicon tactile sensor using Moiré Interferometry. Recent Development in Fracture Sensing and Analysis, ed. By R. X. Gao, AMD-Vol. 971, 8-12, American Society of Mechanical Engineering (1998).

K.D. Jonnalagadda, Sottos, N.R., Qidwai, M. A. and Lagoudas, D. C. Analysis of phase transformation fronts in embedded shape memory alloy composites, Smart Structures and Materials 1997: Mathematics and Control in Smart Structures, ed. by V. V. Varadan and J. Chandra, Proc. SPIE 3039, 242-253, (1997).

D. Jung, A. Hegeman, N.R. Sottos, P.H. Geubelle, and S.R. White. Self-healing composites using embedded microspheres. K. Jacob, N. Katsube and W. Jones, ed., vol. MD-80, The American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 265-275 (1997).

Sottos, N.R., Kline, G. E., Qidwai, M. A. and Lagoudas, D. C. "Analysis of phase transformation fronts in embedded shape memory alloy composites," Smart Structures and Materials 1996: Mathematics and Control in Smart Structures, ed. by V. V. Varadan, Proc. SPIE 2715, 427-438, (1996).

Bechel, V. and Sottos, N.R. Determination of interfacial fracture toughness in high temperature composites, Chan, W. S., et al., Vol. AD-51, The American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 155-166 (1996).

Sottos, N. R. and White, S. R. Smart material integration issues in future automotive product development. In Proceedings of the International Congress on Transportation Electronics - The Seamless Electromechanical Vehicle, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 91-102 (1996).

Kline, G. E., Jonnalagadda, K. and Sottos, N. R. Correlating interfacial properties with stress transfer in SMA composites. In Adaptive Material Systems, G. P. Carman, C. Lynch and N. R. Sottos, eds., AMD-vol. 206, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 121-128 (1995).

White, S. R., Sottos, N. R. and Mackin, T. J. Fabrication and characterization of composite materials with corn based reinforcements. In Design and Manufacture of Composites, N. R. Sottos, ed., MD-vol. 69-1, The American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 167-174 (1995).

Jonnalagadda, K. and Sottos, N. R. Influence of adhesion on micromechanical behavior of SMA composites. In Smart Structures and Materials 1995: Mathematics and Control in Smart Structures, V. K. Varadan, ed., vol. SPIE 2442, 143-151 (1995).

Ockers, J. and Sottos, N. R. Thermoelastic properties of plain weave composites for circuit board applications: A comparison of models and experiments. In Proceedings of the 9th Technical Conference of the American Society of Composites, Technomic, 1126-1134 (1994).

Li, L., Durkin, K. L. and Sottos, N. R. The influence of interface/interphase regions on the performance of piezocomposites. In Proceedings of the 9th Technical Conference of the American Society of Composites, Technomic, 5-12 (1994).

Sottos, N. R. and Li, L. Optimizing the hydrostatic properties of 1-3 piezocomposites. In Smart Structures and Materials 1994: Smart Materials, V. K. Varadan, ed., vol. SPIE 2189, 50-61 (1994).

Li, L. and Sottos, N. R. Consideration of electro-mechanical coupling in the prediction of 1-3 piezocomposite properties. In Mechanics and Materials for Electronic Packaging: Vol. 3 Coupled Field Behavior in Materials, M. L. Dunn, M. Taya and M. Saka, eds., AMD-vol. 193, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), pp. 23-32 (1994).

Li, L. and Sottos, N. R. Prediction of static displacements in 1-3 piezocomposites. In Adaptive Structures and Materials Systems, G. P. Carman and E. Garcia, eds., AD-vol. 35, The American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 95-104 (1993).

Dry, C. and Sottos, N. R. Passive smart self-repair in polymer matrix composites. In Smart Structures 1993: Smart Materials, V. K. Varadan, ed., vol. SPIE 1916, 438-444, (1993).

Sottos, N. R., Li, L., Scott, W. R. and Ryan, M. J. Micromechanical behavior of 1-3 piezocomposites. In Smart Structures 1993: Smart Materials, V. K. Varadan, ed., vol. SPIE 1916, 87-96 (1993).

Sottos, N. R. Detecting interphases using micro-interferometric measurements. In Experiments in Micromechanics of Failure Resistant Materials, K. S. Kim, ed., AMD-vol. 130, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 31-36 (1991).

Sottos, N. R., Scott, W. R. and Ryan, M. J. Repeatability of local thermal displacement measurements near the fiber/matrix interface using micro-interferometry. In Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, vol. 10, Plenum, 1057-1063 (1990).

Ryan, M. J., Sottos, N. R. and Scott, W. R. Scanning heterodyne micro-interferometry for high resolution contour mapping. In Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, vol. 10, Plenum, 2069-2075 (1990).

Sottos, N. R., McCullough, R. L. and Güceri, S. I. Thermal stresses due to property gradients at the fiber/matrix interface. In Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures, J. N. Reddy and J. L. Teply, eds., The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), New York, AMD-vol. 100, 11-19 (1989).

Scott, W. R., Ryan, M. J., Granata, D. M. and Sottos, N. R. Nondestructive evaluation and characterization of composite materials microinterferometry. In Proceedings of the 1st Navy Independent Research/Independent Exploratory Development Symposium, vol. 1,481-491, (1988).

DeHeer, D. C., Sottos, N. R. and Güceri, S. I. Application of biharmonic grid generation to thermal stress analysis. In Numerical Grid Generation. S. Sengupta, J. Hauser, P. Eiseman and J. Thompson, eds., vol. 2, Pine Ridge Press (1988).

Sottos, N. R., Hodgkinson, J. and Matthews, F. A practical comparison of standard test methods using carbon fibre-reinforced epoxy. In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Composite Materials ICCM VI-ECCM 2, Imperial College, London (1987).

Sottos, N. R. and Güceri, S. I. Residual and transient thermal stresses in laminated orthotropic composites. In Numerical Grid Generation. J. Hauser and C.Taylor, eds., vol. 1., 741-753, Pine Ridge Press (1986).