Self-adaptive composite heals itself and returns to its original shape [feedly]

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Self-adaptive composite heals itself and returns to its original shape
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine

Self-healing materials that can repair cracks and other damage automatically have been the dream of scientists and engineers for decades, but a team of scientists at Rice University have come up with a new twist. It's a Self-Adaptive Composite (SAC) that is not only self healing, but also has reversible self-stiffening properties that allow it to spring back into shape like a sponge.

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