Microcapsules containing a self-healing agent may be incorporated into functional materials to maintain their mechanical strength after a crack is generated.Such microcapsules should have optimum mechanical strength.In this work
microcapsules were formulated by encapsulating dicyclopentadiene (DCPD)with a shell of melamine formaldehyde (MF)in in-situ polymerization.The mechanical properties of the microcapsules prepared under two different conditions were investigated with micromanipulation by compressing and holding
compressing and releasing
and compressing to rupture at 2 μm·s-1 probe moving speed and (23±0.50)℃.