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New flexible polymeric material capable of self-repairing. Credit: Image courtesy of Asociación RUVID

The material, a type of transparent resin, has the property of healing itself; for example, when it is cut with scissors in half and put back in contact, it rejoins itself within 10-15 seconds without using any external source. Another feature of this material is that the cutting-joining process can be performed in water or in any other fluid substance. “This property is a novelty all over the world that gives way to the development of different materials for their applications in sectors such as medicine, cosmetics, space industry, automotive, and many others,” as stated the 3 researchers, Prof José Miguel Martín, Jose Antonio Jofre and chemist Andrés Yanez...