An article in Technology Review tells of a new plastic surface that can heal itself multiple times with out external intervention. The potential of this creates an efficiency of materials and energy use, thus creatting a smarter more efficient ecology of energy.
"Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have made a polymer material that can heal itself repeatedly when it cracks. It's a significant advance toward self-healing medical implants and self-repairing materials for use in airplanes and spacecraft. It could also be used for cooling microprocessors and electronic circuits, and it could pave the way toward plastic coatings that regenerate themselves. "
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By Prachi Patel
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