Epoxy and dicyclopentadien (DCPD) are two common healing agents, which are introduced into epoxy matrix through encapsulation in order to prepare self-healing composites. In a comparative study, the compatibility of healing agents and epoxy matrix is investigated through experimental tests and DFT calculations. The interaction energy is considered to be the determinative parameter in DFT calcul...

A statistical multi-lobe approach was recently introduced in order to efficiently handle layered materials rendering as an alternative expensive general-purpose approaches. However, this poorly supports scattering volumes the method does not account for back-scattering and resorts single approximations. In paper, we address these limitations with efficient solution based upon a transfer matrix ...