Spot-on healing

Nancy R. Sottos () and Jeffrey S. Moore ()
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Nancy R. Sottos: University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.
Jeffrey S. Moore: University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.

Nature, 2011, vol. 472, issue 7343, 299-300

Abstract: Rubbery polymers have been made in which damage is healed by exposure to light. The healing mechanism allows localized, on-demand repair, and might help to extend the lifetimes of materials for many applications. See Letter p.334

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1038/472299a

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