SELF HEALING GEL

self-healing hydrogel formed via hydrophobic interactions.  ("Tough and self-healing hydrogels formed via hydrophobic interactions." D. C. Tuncaboylu, M. Sarı, W. Oppermann, O. Okay, Macromolecules 44, 4997-5005, 2011;  "Dynamics and large strain behavior of self-healing hydrogels with and without surfactants." D. C. Tuncaboylu, M. Sahin, A. Argun, W. Oppermann, O. Okay, Macromolecules 45, 1991-2000, 2012)