Khan Academy Touch-sensitive plastic skin heals itself Public release date: 11-Nov-2012 [ Print | E-mail Share ] [ Close Window ] Contact: Andrew Myersadmyers@stanford.edu 650-736-2245Stanford School of Engineering Nobody knows the remarkable properties of human skin like the researchers struggling to emulate it. Now, they have succeeded in making the first material that can both sense subtle pressure and heal itself when torn or cut. In the last decade, there have been major advances in synthetic skin, said Bao, the study's principal investigator, but even the most effective self-healing materials had major drawbacks. "To interface this kind of material with the digital world, ideally you want them to be conductive," said Benjamin Chee-Keong Tee, first author of the paper. The researchers succeeded by combining two ingredients to get what Bao calls "the best of both worlds" – the self-healing ability of a plastic polymer and the conductivity of a metal. The result was a polymer with uncommon characteristics. [ Print | E-mail
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