whada
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Self-healing rubber
Posted on: 02/21/2008 10:43 PM
An interesting paper appearing in Nature today. Cordier et al reported a new material, thermoreversible rubbers, that "when broken or cut, can be simply repaired by bringing together fractured surfaces to self-heal at room temperature. Repaired samples recuperate their enormous extensibility. The process of breaking and healing can be repeated many times. These materials can be easily processed, re-used and recycled." Here is the complete reference:
Self-healing and thermoreversible rubber from supramolecular assembly
Philippe Cordier, François Tournilhac, Corinne Soulié-Ziakovic & Ludwik Leibler
Nature 451, 977-980
Edited by whada on 02/21/2008 10:44 PM
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