Self-Healing Artificial Muscle
June 7, 2016 | Terry Sharrer
For a synthetic material to mimic human muscle, it must be flexible, self-healing, stable at normal temperatures, and water resistant. And, it is these features that research collaborators in the US and China have demonstrated with 2,6-pyridinedicarboxamide, fixed to a polymer backbone. The material also can be electrically conductive. MORE
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