Making Materials That Heal Themselves

You might not need to throw away your broken glasses and get new ones anymore, thanks to these unique materials that can heal themselves! Hosted by: Stefan Chin ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters—we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Kevin, Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, KatieMarie Magnone, Patrick Merrithew, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Sultan Alkhulaifi, Tim Curwick, Scott Satovsky Jr, Philippe von Bergen, Bella Nash, Bryce Daifuku, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Charles George ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://braungroup.beckman.illinois.edu/pvb096.pdf https://application.wiley-vch.de/books/sample/3527318291_c01.pdf http://www.autonomicmaterials.com/applications http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032386115303645 https://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=494 https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1195/htmldocs/images/chart.pdf http://whitegroup.beckman.illinois.edu/journal%20articles/nrs027.pdf http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.200802008/abstract http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1002/adma.200802008/asset/supinfo/adma_200802008_sm_supplfigs.pdf?v=1&s=552f2dfd4a205b5130988bc71facdeefd3749df4 https://cen.acs.org/articles/92/i28/Self-Healing-Paint-Chemical-Weapons.html http://www.dtic.mil/get-tr-doc/pdf?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA614276 https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/presspacs/2015/acs-presspac-august-26-2015/self-healing-material-could-plug-life-threatening-holes-in-spacecraft-video.html http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00315 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-11/cp-smf110316.php https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/presspacs/2013/acs-presspac-february-20-2013/a-self-healing-protective-coating-for-concrete.html?_ga=1.63086380.2073265214.1488058685 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-08/f-ss080309.php https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/cyanoacrylate/6261.article http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsami.5b05041 http://pubs.acs.org.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/doi/suppl/10.1021/acsami.5b05041