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Polymers

Broken shoes and tyres could be history thanks to new materials that repair themselves

07 Feb 2019 Alex Petkov 
Image of a shoe footprint
Heal we go: Imagine a shoe pad that repairs itself. (Courtesy: Kunhao Yu et al.)
Scientists in the US have designed a new polymer that can “self-heal” fractures in just a few ho

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Alex Petkov is a PhD student contributor to Physics World. Alex is based at the University of Bristol, where he is part of the Condensed Matter Centre for Doctoral Training. Find out more about our student contributor networks
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