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Self-healing polymers

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Inspired by the chemistry of adhesive proteins in mussels, hydrogels can now be made to self-heal in water without the aid of metal chelates.

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  1. Jonathan J. Wilker is in the Department of Chemistry and the School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA,

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