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Apr 2, 2024 | mdpi.com | Marco F. D’Elia |Yingying Yu |Madeleine A. Ehweiner |Melvin Renggli

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Feb 21, 2023 | newatlas.com | Michael Irving |Marco F. D’Elia

Engineers at ETH Zurich have developed a versatile new material that should help in the ongoing battle against corrosion for buildings and vehicles. The polymer coating not only protects against corrosion, but highlights cracks as they form, automatically repairs damage to itself, and can be recycled at the end of its life. Corrosion will eventually affect pretty much everything humans build, from skyscrapers and bridges to planes, trains and automobiles.