Created a self-healing glass for smartphones

The material is perfectly manifests itself in tests for resistance to scratches and cuts.

Group of chemists from the University of California, riverside have created a self-healing material that can conduct electricity. This allows you to use it as a display for smartphones.

The study’s lead author Chao Wang (Wang Chao) in the 253-th National meeting and exhibition of the American chemical society (ACS) said that the material is perfectly manifests itself in tests for resistance to scratches and cuts. If you break in half, then a full recovery will take less than a day. It can also be stretched up to 50 times the original length.

The basis material is non-covalent type of communication, known as ion-dipole interaction. Thus, if it is damaged or broken, ions and molecules are attracted to each other, restoring the surface.

“It may seem that self-healing materials could be applied only in the distant future, but I’m sure they will soon appear in mobile phones. Within three years they will arrive on the market and will change our everyday life,” said van.

The authors say that while developing innovative material inspired by the comic character Wolverine, who also has the ability to regenerate. The creators believe that their material, in addition to smartphones, can be used in robotics and biosensors.

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