Inventor
SOTTOS NANCY R
US36 patents
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UNIV ILLINOIS
28 patentsUS6518330B2Feb 11, 2003
Multifunctional autonomically healing composite material
UNIV ILLINOIS144 citations97
US7569625B2Aug 4, 2009
Self-healing elastomer system
UNIV ILLINOIS69 citations96
US6858659B2Feb 22, 2005
Multifunctional autonomically healing composite material
UNIV ILLINOIS69 citations96
US7566747B2Jul 28, 2009
Wax particles for protection of activators, and multifunctional autonomically healing composite materials
UNIV ILLINOIS27 citations92
US5834105ANov 10, 1998
Corn-based structural composites
UNIV ILLINOIS28 citations92
US7612152B2Nov 3, 2009
Self-healing polymers
UNIV ILLINOIS41 citations90
US8383697B2Feb 26, 2013
Systems for self-healing composite materials
UNIV ILLINOIS19 citations89
US10487446B2Nov 26, 2019
Frontal polymerization for fiber-reinforced composites
UNIV ILLINOIS7 citations83
US10920002B2Feb 16, 2021
3D printing of thermoset polymers and composites
UNIV ILLINOIS5 citations80
US9943487B2Apr 17, 2018
Polydopamine-coated capsules
UNIV ILLINOIS7 citations80
US10508204B2Dec 17, 2019
Self-healing coating
UNIV ILLINOIS8 citations79
US9988746B2Jun 5, 2018
Partially degradable fibers and microvascular materials formed from the fibers
UNIV ILLINOIS3 citations70
US9951221B2Apr 24, 2018
Thermally degradable polymeric fibers
UNIV ILLINOIS4 citations68
US10139389B2Nov 27, 2018
Fluorescence detection of mechanical damage
UNIV ILLINOIS2 citations67
US11396585B2Jul 26, 2022
Method of forming a void, channel, and/or vascular network in a polymeric matrix
UNIV ILLINOIS0 citations59
US11155940B2Oct 26, 2021
Partially degradable fibers and microvascular materials formed from the fibers
UNIV ILLINOIS1 citations59
US12297307B2May 13, 2025
3D printing of thermoset polymers and composites
UNIV ILLINOIS0 citations58
US10174221B2Jan 8, 2019
Autonomic damage indication in coatings
UNIV ILLINOIS1 citations56
US12533441B2Jan 27, 2026
Elastomer with tunable properties and method of rapidly forming the elastomer
UNIV ILLINOIS0 citations55
US11753501B2Sep 12, 2023
Frontally polymerized polymeric body and method of producing a polymeric body having spatially varying properties
UNIV ILLINOIS0 citations51
US11718710B2Aug 8, 2023
Method of light-promoted frontal ring-opening metathesis polymerization
UNIV ILLINOIS0 citations51
US11111378B2Sep 7, 2021
Bulk transient materials made of cyclic poly(phthalaldehyde)
UNIV ILLINOIS0 citations51
US10844185B2Nov 24, 2020
Branched interconnected microvascular network in polymers and composites using sacrificial polylactide films, sheets, and plates
UNIV ILLINOIS0 citations50
US10081715B2Sep 25, 2018
Branched interconnected microvascular network in polymers and composites using sacrificial polylactide films, sheets and plates
UNIV ILLINOIS1 citations50
US10865306B2Dec 15, 2020
Thermally degradable polymeric fibers
UNIV ILLINOIS0 citations47
US10640674B2May 5, 2020
Autonomic damage indication in coatings
UNIV ILLINOIS0 citations46
US11168220B2Nov 9, 2021
Corrosion inhibiting self-protecting coatings
UNIV ILLINOIS0 citations45
US10539346B2Jan 21, 2020
Autonomic cooling system
UNIV ILLINOIS0 citations35