The group has created a circuit that heals itself when cracked thanks to the release of liquid metal which restores conductivity.Full details at BBC News.
The process takes less than an eye blink to bring the circuit back to use.
The researchers said that their work could eventually lead to longer-lasting gadgets as well as solving one of the big problems of interplanetary travel.
The work was carried out by a team of scientists and engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is published in the journal Advanced Materials.
Scientists reveal self-healing chip
Posted on Thursday, December 22 2011 @ 21:11 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
BBC News reports a team of US researchers has developed a circuit that can heal itself with liquid metal microcapsules: