Self-healing materials can autonomously repair damage and make bridges, roads, and aircraft more durable and sustainable.

Self-healing coatings are advanced materials that can repair damage, such as scratches and cracks on their own. Researchers have developed an efficient method for preparing self-healing films ...

Fig. (A) An artistic poster depicting the autonomous self-healing phenomenon found in nanoscale Ag. (B, C) Sequential high-resolution TEM images showing the autonomous self-healing processes of a ...

In a laboratory kept as cold as deep space, a sliver of crystal is snapped in two, then quietly stitches itself back together. The repair happens not in a warm, pliable polymer but in a rigid organic ...