Metallic self-healing materials exhibit the ability to repair cracks and defects through various mechanisms, such as shape memory effects, diffusion, or electrochemical reactions. Shape memory alloys, ...

The new material uses capsules of recycled oils to seal micro-cracks, potentially extending road lifespan by 30%.

Currently there are only a very limited amount of materials which exhibit these self-healing characteristics. Two examples are SiC [1] and MoSi 2 heating elements, which form a protective silica ...

These non-living materials will have capabilities including self-healing, adaptation, growth, and programmability.

Scientists from Swansea University and King's College London are working on Self-healing asphalt roads designed with AI ...

Self-healing roads might seem like something we could have in the future, but scientists and Google are working on making it ...

What if we could invent materials that can repair themselves when damaged? Polymer molecules in various states – solid, melt, solution – are susceptible to covalent bond changes in response to ...

Self-healing roads, made from biomass waste and designed using AI, could offer a solution to the country’s £143 million ...

For example, squid sucker ring teeth have inspired the development of self-healing materials that can repair their own cuts, ...

To overcome some of those limitations, the researchers developed a bio-based, "living" material that encompasses self-healing properties and mimics the biological response of ECMs to mechanical ...

For Eric Detsi, Associate Professor in Materials Science and Engineering ... In other words, the addition of the self-healing anode quintupled the initial lifespan of magnesium-ion batteries.