Self-repairing flexible material created by Spanish researchers

Self-repairing flexible material created by Spanish researchers

Researchers of the University of Alicante (UA) Adhesion and Adhesives Laboratory have developed a flexible polymeric material capable of self-repair. The material, which is a type of transparent resin, has the property of healing itself. When it is cut in half with scissors and the two pieces placed in contact with one another, the material rejoins itself within 10-15 seconds without any external input.

 

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