Highly curable self-healing vitrimer-like cellulose-modified halloysite nanotube/epoxy nanocomposite coatings

Self-healing and self-repairing coatings are stimuli-responsive materials, which are of crucial importance in developing advanced smart systems. However, a few has been attempted to unveil the association between the microstructure and properties of self-healing organic coatings. Herein, silane coupled cellulose-functionalized halloysite nanotubes (HNT-C)/epoxy nanocomposite coatings showing vitrimer-like behavior were developed and their...