Guest Editors:
Chloe Arson, Ph.D., Cornell University
Tal Cohen, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nima Rahbar, Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Self-healing of materials and structures is the process of restoration of mechanical functionality by means of a variety of mechanisms that range from active mineralization and polymerization to ordered or disordered self-assembly. While a variety of disciplines and communities have addressed this challenging topic, the future of this emerging field will strongly depend on translational moves between disciplines, including chemistry, physics, materials sciences, engineering mechanics, structural engineering, geotechnics and biomechanics. This is in short, the focus of this special issue dedicated to the Mechanics of Self-Healing Materials and Structures, which gathers contributions, both theoretical and experimental in nature, that explicitly address the coupling between self-healing and mechanics of materials.