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Ah, how often a slight scratch on the laptop case, tablet or mobile phone becomes a cause of disappointment! And although the device’s performance has not changed at all, however, “almost the new “thing goes into the category of used. Now if all the scratches overgrown by themselves, as if on a skin! Scientists have long been looking for a way make this dream come true and seem to be found. The first “swallow” flew in 2010. In the United States at the University of Arizona created a polymer having an integrated optical fiber network. Over the network a signal is constantly transmitted. At the slightest damage, it starts self-treatment program. The polymer initially remembered the original form and when heated, restored it, simultaneously eliminating everything damage. The reviews were the most enthusiastic, but the scientists themselves cautiously said that there was still a lot of work ahead and The following results were promised in no less than 2 years. But they appeared much earlier. Already in 2011, a message appeared that experts at Kase University (Ohio, USA) developed their polymer capable of recovering from mechanical damage. Under strong ultraviolet radiation material regenerated broken intermolecular bonds. Technology received the name “upramolecular assembly.” At the demonstration a plate of newly invented plastic was damaged several times in in the same place, and every time I restored my external view, and its mechanical properties. The message ended with the phrase that scientists continue to work on improving their polymer. News soon came from another American University – Illinois. Here they created a polymer, which for the recovery did not have to be heated or irradiated. Torn the sample was fused into two parts at room temperature in just day. When heated, the period was reduced by several hours. But not only Americans fought over the problem of recoverable plastic. On the other side of the ocean, Europeans created their “living plastic.” In 2013, the Spaniards demonstrated the T-1000 polymer. Without which no matter what external influences, two pieces that were once united whole tightly fused in less than 2 hours. At the demonstration the creators of the T-1000 tested the glued sample for rupture, and he broke, but not in the place of gluing – it turned out to be stronger than himself material. Miracle plastic is based on polyurethane, polyurea and aromatic desulfides are one of the most common and most cheap materials. 
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Among the chemical concerns immediately began a squabble for the right Become the sole manufacturer of self-healing plastic. Laptops, mobile phones and other household appliances having the eternal presentation is just the tip of the iceberg. Soles for shoes, car bodies, water pipes, aircraft elements and satellites – virtually maintenance free and timeless self-healing parts promise a revolution in technology.
But who do you think showed the greatest interest to development? That’s right, military. It is for them that scientists University of Illinois Demonstrated as a Plate of “Living polymer “pierced by a bullet, heals his” wound. “Yes, and the Spaniards for some reason they christened their brainchild T-1000. That is what was called in Terminator 2 is a liquid metal robot killer capable of self-healing and not subject to mechanical destruction. To me such a coincidence seems strange. And you?
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