Wolverine-inspired self-healing material has medical and robotics applications
From PlasticsToday
The Marvel Comics character Wolverine—specifically, his regenerative powers—has inspired the development of a transparent, stretchable conductive material that also has self-healing properties. The material, which can be electrically activated to power artificial muscles, reportedly is the first to combine all of these properties.“Creating a material with all these properties has been a puzzle for years,” said Chao Wang, an adjunct assistant professor of chemistry at University of California, Riverside, who is one of the authors of a paper describing the research published in the journal Advanced Materials . “We did that and now are just beginning to explore the applications.”
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