ConclusionIn this study, new self-plasticizing microcapsules withenhanced mechanical and healing properties of latex film were pre-pared by introducing a robust solvent evaporation method usingethyl cellulose as a shell-forming polymer containing rapeseedoil. These results suggest that the oil was released from the cap-sules under mechanical stress into the microcapsules surroundingthrough capillary force, and sliding of molecular chains on eachother, resulting in improved mechanical properties through plasti-cization of the latex films