Break Up Doesn’t Keep Hydrogel Down
Using little more than water, clay and a new, designer compound, scientists have created a moldable gel that is both strong and can heal itself in seconds when split in two. The gel may advance efforts in tissue engineering and environmentally friendly chemistry.
h/t to the toasty one
The G binder is built from long chains of polyethylene glycol… bio-smoke and mirrors OK so far. On the ends of the chains, Mynar created multiple branches tipped with guanidinium, a chemical relative of guanine, that last bit of descriptive chemistry is laughable. OK, we have linear PEG tipped with guanidinium dendrimers. Expose that to blood and set a new world record for clotting time.
Make it the center of an emergency $500 billion effort to provide temblor-recoverable shelter for Haitians. It puts a whole new spin on “wiggle room.”