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  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Machine Learning Applications

Background:

  • Self-healing polyurethanes (PUs) face a trade-off between mechanical strength and healing efficiency.
  • Optimizing PU composition via traditional methods is time-consuming and inefficient.
  • Multi-property optimization for specific PUs is challenging, especially with limited experimental data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a chemically-informed active learning (CIAL) framework for optimizing fluorescent self-healing PUs.
  • To overcome the limitations of trial-and-error in material composition optimization.
  • To achieve co-optimization of mechanical properties and self-healing efficiency using minimal datasets.

Main Methods:

  • Integration of domain knowledge with machine learning within the CIAL framework.
  • Application of gradient boosting regression and multi-objective optimization.
  • Utilizing a small dataset of 20 experimental samples for optimization.

Main Results:

  • The CIAL framework successfully co-optimized mechanical properties and self-healing efficiency in PUs.
  • Achieved a relative error below 12% for the comprehensive performance index.
  • Demonstrated optimal results with as few as 15 samples when discrete data were available.
  • Developed a P20B sample functioning as an intelligent protective coating with anti-corrosion and damage visualization capabilities.

Conclusions:

  • The developed CIAL framework offers an efficient solution for intelligent polymer material design using minimal experimental data.
  • This approach overcomes the inherent trade-offs in self-healing materials.
  • The findings pave the way for advanced protective coatings with integrated sensing capabilities.