Self-Healing Poly(Urea-Urethane) Elastomer (IMAGE)

Royal Society of Chemistry

Self-Healing Poly(Urea-Urethane) Elastomer

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A cylindrical sample of the elastomer mends itself after being cut in two by a razor blade and can be manually stretched without rupture.

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IK4 CIDETEC, San Sebastian, Spain

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