Figure 13.

Kinetics of bridge formation in self-healing with high binding energy ε > 2k_BT ln N. The thickest red line – regime III in Figure 11 with short waiting time τ_w,III < τ_R; thick blue line – regime IV in Figure 11 with intermediate waiting time τ_R < τ_w,IV < τ_b; green intermediate-thick line – regime V in Figure 11 with long waiting time τ_b < τ_w,V < τ_eq. Self-adhesion processes with extremely long waiting time τ_w < τ_eq (regime VI in Figure 11) is depicted by thin black line. The relevant times scales and kinetic regimes are explained in the text. Both axes are logarithmic.