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Self‐Healing Materials: Variable Stiffness Fiber with Self‐Healing Capability (Adv. Mater. 46/2016)
Author(s) -
Tonazzini Alice,
Mintchev Stefano,
Schubert Bryan,
Mazzolai Barbara,
Shintake Jun,
Floreano Dario
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201670320
Subject(s) - materials science , self healing , stiffness , composite material , silicone , fiber , alloy , biomedical engineering , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
On page 10142, D. Floreano and co‐workers demonstrate a variable‐stiffness fiber with self‐healing capabilities based on low‐melting‐point alloys and silicone. The fiber can be soft and adaptable enough to the human body, but also rigid enough to withstand loads and keep a specific shape; it can become >700 times softer and >400 times more deformable when heated above the alloy's melting temperature.