One of those strategies is to create a concrete that “self-heals,” and in a new study, scientists used synthetic lichen to ...

The expanding major applications, technological advancements, & growing demand in key-use sectors such as construction and building, aerospace, & automotive are driving the self-healing materials ...

Therefore, the global market for self-healing materials will be driven by a desire for sustainable construction and building activity. Similarly, the market for self-healing materials will expand ...

Between upgrades and breakdowns to cellphones, tablets, laptops, and appliances, so many electronics are getting tossed in ...

For Eric Detsi, Associate Professor in Materials Science and Engineering ... In other words, the addition of the self-healing anode quintupled the initial lifespan of magnesium-ion batteries.

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 ...

New living fungus-based building material ... show that the material - which is manufactured with living cells at low temperatures - is capable of self-repairing. And it could eventually offer ...

The way to make stretchable, self-healing electronic parts can help build implantable devices that last longer and work ...

Building upon this success ... This process led to the synthesis, in a single step, of a self-healing material with fluorescence characteristics. "Fluorescent materials are very useful, as ...

As such, finding more sustainable building materials is vital ... groundwork for more environmentally friendly and self-healing construction material down the line. The researchers grew mycelium ...

Imagine if a crack in things such as a bridge support or an aircraft could self-repair ... the building material. If the material cracks, the capsules break open and a liquid healing agent flows ...