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A type of semi-transparent polymer that can be mended at room temperature
- DiabloD3 9y agoSomebody had fun with that headline.
- JumpCrisscross 9y ago> The organic glass, made of a substance called polyether thioureas, is closer to acrylic than mineral glass Plastic is organic glass?
- mrarjen 9y agoYes think of something more in the lines of Plexiglas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poly(methyl_methacrylate) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poly(methyl_methacrylate) The video is down here, looks almost like a gooey liquid how it melts back together... http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201712150041.html http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201712150041.html
- dogma1138 9y agoPlexiglas is a type of glass, it’s non silicate based but glass non the less.
- dogma1138 9y agoIf it’s non crystalline then yes, glass is defined as a non crystalline amorphous solid and there are more than a handful of plastics that fall into that category.
- wz1000 9y agoWhat is the distinction between amorphous and non-crystalline? Also, for instance, aren't all solid metals amorphous non crystalline solids?
- Carioca 9y agoMost metals are crystalline: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphous_metal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphous_metal
- dogma1138 9y agoSomeone has already answered, most metals are crystalline, the metallic alloys that aren't are actually called metallic glass, there aren't many of them and they were first produced in the 50's or 60's. But for all intents and purposes nearly all commonly used metals and alloys are crystalline, metallography is pretty much the study of the different types of crystalline structures that any given metal or alloy can have. Each metal can also have multiple crystalline structures this is how you give different properties to the same metal or alloy, this most usually achieved through heat treating, quenching and tempering, or alternatively metals that cannot be heat treated are often work hardened or "cold formed".
- rgbrenner 9y agoThis is a better link IMO: https://phys.org/news/2017-12-semi-transparent-polymer-room-temperature-small.html https://phys.org/news/2017-12-semi-transparent-polymer-room-... And here's the actual paper all the articles are about: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2017/12/13/science.aam7588.full http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2017/12/13/scien...
- dang 9y agoOk, we've changed to that first link from http://www.enca.com/technology/japanese-inventor-shatters-expectations-with-self-healing-glass http://www.enca.com/technology/japanese-inventor-shatters-ex.... Thanks!
- clort 9y agoI'm thinking that if you can stick things that people commonly carry around together just by pressing them against each other that this opens up a whole new area of drunken antics