Healable UHMW gels. (IMAGE)

National Institute for Materials Science, Japan

Healable UHMW gels.

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Figure. (a) Comparison of compressibility between a chemically crosslinked gel and a UHMW gel. (b) Schematic showing UHMW gels’ ability to be recombined and the photos of recombined gels being stretched.

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Ryota Tamate National Institute for Materials Science

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