Materials May Lead to Self-Healing Smartphones (IMAGE)

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Materials May Lead to Self-Healing Smartphones

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A new material not only heals itself, but it also stretches up to 50 times its usual size; these properties could fix your phone's battery if it cracks or prevent it from breaking in the first place.

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Wang lab

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