Self-healing gold particles

(Karlsruher Institut f ü r Technologie (KIT)) Self-healing materials are able to repair autonomously defects, such as scratches, cracks or dents, and resume their original shape. For this purpose, they must be composed of several components whose combined properties result in the desired characteristics. Scientists of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology now discovered that also tiny particles of pure gold have surprising self-healing capacities.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: news