We all encounter gels in daily life—from the soft, sticky substances you put in your hair to the jelly-like components in various foodstuffs. While human skin shares gel-like characteristics, it has ...

The self-healing polymer market is expanding rapidly as industries adopt smart, damage-repairing materials to improve durability and sustainability, with the U.S. market growing from USD 0.80 billion ...

Thermal image of a metal test specimen undergoing the photothermal heating method. (Image courtesy of American Institute of Physics) Researchers at Arizona State University (Tempe) have created a ...

A new study assesses the maximum number of damage and healing cycles a self-healing actuator can endure. The study, which presents a method to automatically and autonomously assess the repeatable ...

A novel gold-bonded, self-healing polymer can bend, flex, and repair itself without losing conductivity, providing opportunities for advanced wearable electronics and robotics in the future. Gold ...

Figure 1: The self-healing conductor is able to rejoin itself (right) when pieces that have been split are brought together after being cut (middle). © 2025 RIKEN ...

The self-healing conductor is able to rejoin itself (right) when pieces that have been split are brought together after being cut (middle). (Image: RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science) ...

The current and potential future methods of developing self-healing materials will be discussed, and their specific applications within the automotive industry, will be explored in the following ...

A team of researchers at New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi discovered a new ...

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 ...