{"schema_version":1,"experiment_id":"eoa_inverse_innovation_exp12_substrate_denial72_20260805","research_id":"eoa_inverse_innovation_exp12_light_screen_20260805","cell_id":"inversion_of_control__chemistry_materials","search_lanes":{"direct_problem_and_intervention":{"queries":["two component microcapsules self healing epoxy resin hardener crack triggered","dual capsule self healing epoxy encapsulated resin hardener","two-part microcapsule self-healing epoxy composite crack rupture capillary","autonomic healing polymer composites microencapsulated healing agent catalyst crack"],"source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2"],"no_result_note":null},"synonyms_and_historical_terms":{"queries":["autonomic healing polymer composites microcapsules","dual-component microcapsules resin curing agent epoxy","double-microcapsule epoxy-amine healing system","self-repairing fiber reinforced polymer matrix composite capsules"],"source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC4"],"no_result_note":null},"products_practices_and_standards":{"queries":["self healing epoxy microcapsules ASTM standard fracture toughness test","commercial self-healing composite microcapsule epoxy product","patent dual-chamber microcapsule self-healing epoxy","double capsule self-repairing epoxy coating"],"source_ids":["SRC2","SRC4"],"no_result_note":"The search found experimental practices and patent art but no retained evidence establishing a routinely deployed commercial structural product or a self-healing-specific test standard."},"component_combination":{"queries":["multicompartment microcapsule resin hardener self healing epoxy crack rupture","two compartment capsule epoxy resin hardener self healing crack","double chamber microcapsule epoxy hardener autonomous self healing","Janus microcapsule resin curing agent self healing epoxy"],"source_ids":["SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"],"no_result_note":null}},"sources":[{"source_id":"SRC1","title":"Autonomic healing of polymer composites","publisher":"Nature","url":"https://www.nature.com/articles/35057232","source_type":"PRIMARY_RESEARCH","claims_supported":["Cracks in structural polymers can be difficult to detect and materially degrade integrity.","Crack intrusion can rupture embedded microcapsules, release healing agent, and initiate polymerization that bonds crack faces.","Fracture experiments reported recovery of up to 75% of toughness."]},{"source_id":"SRC2","title":"Effects of dual component microcapsules of resin and curing agent on the self-healing efficiency of epoxy","publisher":"Elsevier, Composites Part B: Engineering","url":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S135983681300317X","source_type":"PRIMARY_RESEARCH","claims_supported":["Separate epoxy-resin and polyetheramine-hardener microcapsules were embedded in an epoxy matrix.","An approaching crack ruptured capsules, with epoxy and hardener reaching the crack surface by capillary flow and curing there.","Room-temperature healing efficiencies up to approximately 84% were reported, while capsule content affected initial tensile properties."]},{"source_id":"SRC3","title":"Preparation of dual-chamber microcapsule by Pickering emulsion for self-healing application with ultra-high healing efficiency","publisher":"Elsevier, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science","url":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0021979721007396","source_type":"PRIMARY_RESEARCH","claims_supported":["A single dual-chamber microcapsule stored healing and curing species separately.","Fracture released both species simultaneously and promoted their interaction.","The study reported up to 85% healing efficiency in epoxy resin and explicitly compared dual-chamber capsules with conventional double-capsule systems."]},{"source_id":"SRC4","title":"CN113463397B: Self-healing epoxy resin and preparation method of self-healing epoxy resin/carbon fiber composite material","publisher":"China National Intellectual Property Administration, indexed by Google Patents","url":"https://patents.google.com/patent/CN113463397B/en","source_type":"OTHER","claims_supported":["The granted patent describes double-shell microcapsules carrying epoxy resin and a cationic curing agent as a two-component repair system.","The capsules are incorporated into epoxy and carbon-fiber/epoxy composites for room-temperature self-repair.","Its background describes crack extension breaking embedded containers and releasing adhesive into cracks to cure and impede further growth."]}],"problem_evidence":{"status":"SUPPORTED","finding":"The problem is visible: polymer and epoxy-composite microcracks can be difficult to detect, degrade mechanical integrity, and extend before manual repair. Multiple sources treat autonomous crack-local repair as a response to this detection and intervention limitation.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC4"]},"closest_prior_art":[{"name":"White et al. autonomic microcapsule healing system (2001)","source_ids":["SRC1"],"overlap":"An advancing crack is the physical trigger: it ruptures embedded capsules, releases a mobile healing agent into the crack, and causes new polymer to bond the crack faces without human initiation.","remaining_difference":"It uses encapsulated DCPD with a separately dispersed catalyst rather than resin and hardener isolated in two compartments."},{"name":"Li et al. dual-component epoxy/hardener microcapsules (2013)","source_ids":["SRC2"],"overlap":"Epoxy resin and hardener are separately stored in mechanically rupturable capsules embedded in an epoxy matrix; crack rupture, capillary delivery, mixing, room-temperature cure, and fracture-property recovery closely match the proposal.","remaining_difference":"The two reagents occupy separate capsule populations rather than two compartments within each capsule, and the reported experiment does not implement the proposal's full empty-shell and inert-fill control set."},{"name":"Wu et al. single dual-chamber healing capsule (2021)","source_ids":["SRC3"],"overlap":"One capsule separately contains healing and curing species and releases them together upon fracture to heal epoxy, substantially matching the proposed two-compartment activation architecture.","remaining_difference":"The demonstrated chemistry and coating-oriented implementation differ from the proposed unspecified compatible resin/hardener system and cyclic composite test."},{"name":"CN113463397B double-shell two-component epoxy repair capsule","source_ids":["SRC4"],"overlap":"The patent describes a two-component epoxy-resin/curing-agent capsule architecture in epoxy and carbon-fiber/epoxy composites for rapid room-temperature self-repair.","remaining_difference":"Its particular core/double-shell catalyst architecture and reported mechanical protocol differ from a capsule containing two liquid compartments evaluated with the proposal's four matched control arms."}],"prior_art_disposition":"SUBSTANTIAL_COLLISION","contrastive_claim_remaining":"Only a narrow configuration-and-performance claim remains: under a prespecified epoxy-composite chemistry, a mechanically ruptured capsule containing physically isolated liquid resin and liquid hardener must produce directly verified in-crack cure and superior blinded post-crack fatigue-extension or compliance results versus unmodified, empty-shell, and inert-fill controls, without unacceptable pre-crack degradation. This is not a remaining claim to the general crack-triggered two-part healing mechanism.","contrastive_claim_falsifier":"The remaining claim is falsified if cracks do not rupture both compartments, the released liquids do not wet, mix, and cure in the crack, active specimens do not outperform both capsule controls on the preregistered post-crack measure, or baseline weakening exceeds the preset acceptance limit.","gates":{"adequate_source_search":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"The bounded search covered direct wording, autonomic/self-repair terminology, dual-capsule and dual-chamber variants, experimental practice, standards/products, patents, and component combinations. Exactly four opened sources from three publisher or authority contexts were retained.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"]},"supported_problem":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"Primary research and patent background directly identify difficult-to-detect microcracking, mechanical degradation, and the motivation for damage-triggered repair without manual intervention.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC4"]},"distinct_testable_claim":{"status":"FAIL","rationale":"Although the proposed four-arm performance comparison is testable, the central contrast is not distinct: crack-triggered capsule rupture, capillary delivery, two-part reaction, dual-chamber storage, and epoxy-composite implementations are all directly anticipated.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"]},"bounded_next_test":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"A centimeter-scale four-arm coupon study with direct rupture, transport, cure, baseline-property, compliance, and cyclic crack-growth measurements is bounded and follows established fracture-testing precedents.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2"]},"no_obvious_safety_or_authority_stop":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"No obvious stop applies to contained, non-load-bearing coupon work authorized by a laboratory principal investigator and chemical-safety authority. Reactive-agent exposure, exotherm, leakage, premature rupture, and baseline weakening require ordinary chemical controls; structural deployment remains excluded.","source_ids":["SRC2"]}},"screen_survival":false,"world_novelty_boundary":"This bounded public-web screen establishes neither world novelty nor patentability, market size, expert acceptance, deployment readiness, or realized value. It does establish substantial collision with published and patented crack-triggered dual-component and dual-chamber self-healing epoxy systems."}