A self-healing, transparent, highly stretchable material

And very importantly -- it can contract and expand with electric current. It can be used as an artificial "muscle" and if it is cut in half it will re-attach and be usable within 5 minutes and almost fully re-connected in 24 hours.

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This says nothing about the durability or strength of the material. How much force can it impart when retracted?

I wonder how self healing properties affect maintaining original shape. Would it form a blob after being folded and compressed? Does it stretch out if it self heals while stretched?

self healing properties would be a labor savor in outside-facing building materials (e.g. roof and stucco patching compounds, window sealants, elastomeric paints, wood putty)<p>probably too expensive for such mundane uses though.<p>maybe this stuff can extend the working lifetime of the equipment on NASA space probes

I&#x27;ve been reading about these &quot;self-healing&quot; materials for years. They have always been overhyped and never made it out of the lab. The only way to have truly a &quot;self-healing&quot; material, it to make it with nano technology that has self-organizing, swarm properties. All these other &quot;breakthroughs” are just gimmicks with limited use potential.