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A glass that builds and heals itself. Researchers have discovered that a peptide, when mixed with water, can self assemble into a rigid glass.

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A glass that builds and heals itself. Researchers have discovered that a peptide, when mixed with water, can self assemble into a rigid glass.

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A self-healing multispectral transparent adhesive peptide glass - Nature

A tyrosine tripeptide was discovered to unexpectedly form a supramolecular amorphous glassy material by constructing a non-specific hydrogen bonding network with structural water molecules.

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1•5 months ago
This sounds like it could be used in all kinds of places. Materials science is awesome!