Contact lenses that repair themselves with UV light (IMAGE)

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Contact lenses that repair themselves with UV light

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Scratches in this new contact lens material (left) repair themselves almost completely after one hour of UV light exposure (right). 

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Adapted from ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2025, DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.5c04803

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