Regenerating Polymer Seals Damage In Plastics Akin To Blood Clots
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[QUOTE]"We have demonstrated repair of a nonliving, synthetic materials system in a way that is reminiscent of repair-by-regrowth as seen in some living systems," said Professor Jeffrey Moore of the University of Illinois.
The team report filling a 35mm hole in 20 minutes, with mechanical function restored in 3 hours, although the have restricted their claims of reliable performance to 9mm.
The plastic is the latest step in a series of advances from the same university. In 2011 they[URL="http://news.illinois.edu/news/11/0725composites_ScottWhite.html"]announced [/URL]a synthetic vascular system modeled on that in animals and plants. These contain fibers that degrade after manufacturing leaving tunnels that can carry liquids to sites of damage. Earlier this year other researchers at the same lab published related work in [I]Nature Communications[/I]. While this was designed to address [URL="http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2014/140204/ncomms4218/full/ncomms4218.html"]much smaller cracks[/URL] it has other advantages “This material is catalyst-free and low-temperature, and can be healed multiple times,” said Jianjun Cheng, one of the authors of the earlier paper.[/QUOTE]
[URL="http://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/regenerating-plastic-oozes-clot-goo"]Source[/URL]
[video=youtube;Rb5v-Hs6800]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb5v-Hs6800[/video]
Neat.
So if you ran this system in, say, certain layers of composite armor, would you slowly regenerate a minor amount of armor protection over time using the right resins?
brb patenting tanks with JB weld blood
[QUOTE=fishyfish777;44769480]So if you ran this system in, say, certain layers of composite armor, would you slowly regenerate a minor amount of armor protection over time using the right resins?
brb patenting tanks with JB weld blood[/QUOTE]
As interesting as this polymer seems, I doubt it could take any more impact damage. I would see this more use in pressure applications such as sealing a hole in an aquarium tank.
[QUOTE=LoneWolf_Recon;44769568]As interesting as this polymer seems, I doubt it could take any more impact damage. I would see this more use in pressure applications such as sealing a hole in an aquarium tank.[/QUOTE]
Space! Future, here we come!
Hang on.
Does this mean this plastic could potentially give us pipelines that self-repair ruptures?
That's fucking fantastic.
[QUOTE=fishyfish777;44769480]So if you ran this system in, say, certain layers of composite armor, would you slowly regenerate a minor amount of armor protection over time using the right resins?
brb patenting tanks with JB weld blood[/QUOTE]
I think, but only so much unless they can build a way to fill a reservoir with more of it's liquid healing catalyst.
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[QUOTE=maxumym;44769796]Hang on.
Does this mean this plastic could potentially give us pipelines that self-repair ruptures?
That's fucking fantastic.[/QUOTE]
Although its a step in the right direction, plastic doesn't have the same strength as a steel/iron/metal pipeline does.
Perhaps in the future this will lead to being able to do this to metals
this doesn't seem special at all, they're just filling a hole manually
Now let's see how it does in a vacuum. [b]Then[/b] we'll see how useful it is!
This could be the answer to the micro meteorite issue with interplanetary travel or larger space stations.
[QUOTE=Roll_Program;44770186]This could be the answer to the micro meteorite issue with interplanetary travel or larger space stations.[/QUOTE]
That issue has already been solved though, NASA posted a big thing about it, they opted for inflatable protection around the station.
[I]Nanites, son. Soon.[/I]
[QUOTE=Shadaez;44770054]this doesn't seem special at all, they're just filling a hole manually[/QUOTE]
you clearly missed the point where the gel can harden when required so it doesn't block the flow of the gel before the hole is filled
[QUOTE=Viper123_SWE;44770435][I]Nanites, son. Soon.[/I][/QUOTE]
it's nanomachines you turd
[QUOTE=maxumym;44769796]Hang on.
Does this mean this plastic could potentially give us pipelines that self-repair ruptures?
That's fucking fantastic.[/QUOTE]
Small ones, and they'd have to turn off whatevers flowing down that pipe while it repairs.
[QUOTE=ViralHatred;44770353]That issue has already been solved though, NASA posted a big thing about it, they opted for inflatable protection around the station.[/QUOTE]
This is news to me, could you provide a link? Are they using inflatable protection akin to what they used on the Sojourner lander?
So they can fix ruptures.
But how long until it decides to [I]fix mankind[/I]?!?
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