Clothes That Heal Themselves Through the Power of Squid Teeth (+Video)
Researchers have invented a self-repairing mechanism for clothing using the proteins found in squid chompers.
Michelle Starr | August 11, 2016
Dressick, Demirel and their team have developed an autonomous self-repairing mechanism for tears in textiles such as cotton, linen and wool, as published in the journal ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces.
Self-repairing material has proven pretty elusive. They either require a complicated set-up, such as the self-repairing plastic that feeds holes with a vascular system, or they take while, such as the self-healing e-skin that takes 30 minutes to knit.
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| Source: http://www.cnet.com/news/clothes-that-heal-themselves-through-the-power-of-squid-teeth/ |
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| "It's a simple process. You put a few drops of the liquid on the tear, apply warm water and press the edges together for a minute. The fabric reattaches and essentially self repairs, said Melik Demirel, a professor of engineering science and mechanics at Penn State." Source: http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/10/technology/self-repairing-fabric/ |
<more at http://www.cnet.com/news/clothes-that-heal-themselves-through-the-power-of-squid-teeth/; related articles and links: http://www.cnet.com/news/new-e-skin-is-sensitive-to-touch-and-self-healing/ (New e-skin is sensitive to touch and self-healing. Chemists and engineers at Stanford say their synthetic material could help produce smarter prosthetics and resilient personal electronics that self-repair. November 12, 2012) and http://www.fastcoexist.com/3062798/self-healing-clothing-made-from-squid-teeth-can-repair-itself (Self-Healing Clothing Made From Squid Teeth Can Repair Itself. The technology could be a key to truly sustainable clothing. August 15, 2016)>
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