Plastic, Heal Thyself

Sunday, April 13, 2014 - 12:10 in Physics & Chemistry

Self-healing materials can repair themselves by restoring their initial molecular structure after the damage and scientists from Evonik Industries and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a chemical crosslinking reaction that ensures good short-term healing properties of the material under mild heating.    read more

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