Off-the-shelf materials lead to self-healing polymers
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 - 03:33
in Physics & Chemistry
Look out, super glue and paint thinner. Thanks to new dynamic materials, removable paint and self-healing plastics soon could be household products. A slight tweak in chemistry to elastic materials made of polyurea, one of the most widely used classes of polymers in consumer goods, yields materials that bond back together on a molecular level without the need for other chemicals or adhesives.