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1005441_10151764708710409_198024727_nNo more broken mobile screens: IIT Kharagpur researchers develop self-healing material

Hindustan Times (July 19, 2021)

No more broken mobile screens: Bengal researchers develop self-healing material

The research on the material, that scientists said can repair themselves within milliseconds when fractured, has made it to the coveted Science journal.

A group of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata and Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, developed a new class of materials that they claim can repair themselves when fractured, within milliseconds.

The research has also made it to the coveted Science journal published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The scientists claimed that the highly crystalline materials, when broken into pieces, can self-heal and re-join in a matter of a second, and repair themselves so precisely that they become indistinguishable from the undisturbed materials.

The scientists hope that the discovery can spark a revolution in the field of digital technology, such as broken screens of gadgets and other new-age technologies. (Read More)