22.02.2008 20:36 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

Synthetic rubber mends itself after being sliced

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Self-healing materials are far from revolutionary, but a team of gurus at France's National Center for Scientific Research has teamed up with Arkema to create a newfangled material that can literally reattach itself if simply pressed together after a break. Reportedly, the self-mending takes place due to weak hydrogen bonds that mesh networks of ditopic and tritopic molecules back together, essentially acting as a kind of "atomic glue." The matter is able t

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