Scientists have created a self-healing material

An international team of researchers has created a new material that can recover from injuries received.

The new material is a polymer, which is a system with an aqueous dispersion medium - the so -called hydrogel. Polymer molecules were fitted with lateral ... Lenta. ru.
Scientists take a piece of the gel and cut into several parts, or damaged the surface and then put the pieces in a solution of an introductory. As it turned out, due to the lateral process, in which the combination of fragments picked up in a special way (this is the main part of the opening ), in the acidic environment of the cut pieces glued together, and damage to the delayed. The process was reversible bonding - in alkali medium pieces glued back disconnected.
According to scientists until the pieces are glued together in a solution with the correct pH, the mechanical properties of the array of the gel did not differ from one piece. The researchers also note that splicing process is very fast. According to scientists, such a gel can be used in medicine.

Source: focus. ua.