This Polymer Can Self Heal Like The Terminator T-1000 (Video)
Sep 16, 2013 18:27
Remember how impossible it was to kill the liquid metal T-1000? Now scientists have managed to create some similar with a new polymer, that when cut in half can heal all by itself.
Developed by a team of Spanish scientists, the material is technically a "permanently cross-linked poly(urea-urethane) elastomeric network," but they just call it a "Terminator polymer" for short.
In two hours of it sitting around, the plastic can meld itself back together and recover 97 percent of a fully severed connection. We could see more durable plastic components in gadgets, cars, and everything else.
The authors of the research say it shouldn't be hard to produce it:
The fact that poly(urea-urethane)s with similar chemical composition and mechanical properties are already used in a wide range of commercial products makes this system very attractive for a fast and easy implementation in real industrial applications.
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