Composite recycling (VIDEO)

University of Washington

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The polymer holding the liquid metal droplets is stretchy and strong, but it can be broken down through a simple chemical process, freeing the metal for reuse. In experiments, researchers recovered 94% of the metal from their samples.

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Y. Han/Advanced Functional Materials

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