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Compared to human skin, this polymer moves very quickly -- and medical applications are just one possible area of interest for this amazing new material.
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And then there’s the possibilities for protective coatings. Inventors have long been in search of a self-healing protective coating, a top-sheet that could soak up small nicks and return to its prior state. Even the thick piece cut in the video healed with a barely perceptible “scar,” so there’s at least hope for a transparent coating that heals invisibly.
self-healing, one component toward autonomous system