Synthetic spider silk laced with graphene can heal itself when wet

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Self-healing spider silk containing graphene can work in electronic circuits and heal damage in itself when it gets wet

A protein in the silk of the giant golden orb weaver spider allows it to heal when wetA synthetic material made from a protein in spider silk and laced with graphene can rapidly repair itself and form healable electrical circuits.

at the National Taiwan University and his colleagues collected silk from giant golden orb weaver spiders and dissolved it in a chemical called hexafluoroisopropanol. They dried the solution to create a thin film around 1 millimetre wide and used a razor blade to make …

 

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