recommend more references about this topic: S. van der Zwaag Editor, Self Healing Materials-An Alternative Approach to 20 Centuries of Materials Science. Springer, 2007.  about half of this book talk self healing polymers.

from the prof. Ying Dai:

Prof. Zhigang will give two lectures on 1:45pm, 29 May, 2008 at Tongji University, Shanghai China.

Position is the second floor meeting room of Run Run Shaw building.

 1. from Learning Harvard University to The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) of American

2.  Mechanics of Soft Active Materials

why just show the title of the comment and the body is missing 

TONGJI UNIVERSITY DEANSHIPS & FACULTY POSITION

The International Conferences on Nonlinear Mechanics (ICNM-x) have been regarded as important series conferences in mechanics circles. The previous four meetings in the series were successfully held in Shanghai and Beijing in 1985, 1993, 1998 and 2002, respectively. In recent years, new achievements in this field have been made. Therefore, it is appropriate to organize a new conference on this vitally important area of applied mathematics and mechanics. The Fifth International Conference on Nonlinear Mechanics (ICNM-V) will be held in Shanghai. The Conference aims to provide an international forum for presenting the latest results and stimulating wider academic exchange for experts in the related fields all over the world.