---
title: "Researchers Create Self-Repairing Electrical Circuit"
description: "Scientists have fabricated a flexible electrical circuit that, when cut into two pieces, can repair itself and fully restore its original conductivity."
date: "2015-08-25"
modified: "2015-08-27"
authors:
  - name: "Hashem AL-ghaili"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/hashem_al-ghaili"
url: "https://futurism.com/researchers-create-self-repairing-electrical-circuit"
categories:
  - "Science & Energy"
---

# Researchers Create Self-Repairing Electrical Circuit

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/circuit-board-wallpaper1.jpg>)
*Green electronic board illuminated from bottom*

- The circuit is made of a new gel that possesses a combination of properties that are not typically seen together: high conductivity, flexibility, and room-temperature self-healing.
- The gel could potentially offer self-healing for a variety of applications, including flexible electronics, soft robotics, artificial skins, biomimetic prostheses, and energy storage devices.
- The researchers also hope that, by combining supramolecular chemistry and polymer nanoscience, the resulting hybrid gels may provide a useful strategy for designing new self-healing materials. The paper was published in a recent issue of *[Nano Letters](<http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03069>)*.

### Author social links  
[Facebook](<https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010193103090>)  
[LinkedIn](<https://de.linkedin.com/in/hashem-al-ghaili-1b30679b>)