Look out, super glue and paint thinner. Stretchy, self-healing paints and other coatings recently took a step closer to common use. Thanks to new dynamic materials developed at the University of Illinois, removable paint and self-healing plastics soon could be household products.
Scientists there have used "off-the-shelf" components to create a polymer that melds back together after being cut in half, without the addition of catalysts or other chemicals.