Magic materials that make you 'squint'

Those are superhuman materials that bring endless benefits to people in the future .

Everything on Earth obeys certain and unchanging physical laws, such as heating up and burning when facing high temperatures, cold or freezing when temperatures are low, or solid objects that are broken cannot be self of course .

However, with the magic of science and technology, scientists have found metamaterials that go against the laws of physics - materials of the future.

1. LiquiGlide super smooth coating

Imagine a meal, you want to use chili sauce or tomato sauce, but how difficult is it to try to get the bottle close to the end? This inconvenience in the future will disappear, thanks to the new invention of Massachusetts Institute of Information Technology (MIT) researchers - LiquiGlide coating.

LiquiGlide is a super smooth coating, preventing anything from sticking to it. Try out the benefits of LiquiGlide through two experiments with tomato sauce and mayonnaise below:

This invention has been of interest to many food companies, as it not only increases the convenience of life but also reduces the amount of wasted bottled food.

In addition, the usual plastic bottles need larger cap designs to easily take the sticky sauce, now can be reduced, saving estimated more than 25,000 tons of plastic per year.

LiquiGlide also passes all food safety tests, maybe even . edible. But not only that, this invention also opens up more applications, such as in oil and gas pipelines, even everyday objects like dishes, wall paint . At that time, a great prospect. magic when human beings . do not need to wash dishes completely can happen.

2. Spray batteries (Spray-on Batteries)

In the current era of information technology, perhaps the most 'catastrophic' is the phone, laptop or tablet . out of battery without power to charge. In addition, today's phone batteries are too 'fragile' (very fast, out of battery) which brings a lot of inconveniences in life.

However, scientists have proposed a traditional battery replacement solution with a battery-like compound, but in a spray form and can be used on any plane.

Batteries are usually composed of cathodes, anodes and electrolytes. Researchers at Rice University (USA) are studying to turn this structure into a spray by liquefying each ingredient.

After spraying on a surface, that surface immediately provides energy for the electronic device to function. Currently, spray batteries have been able to light up 40 LED bulbs continuously for 6 hours.

However, spraying batteries can become a source of energy for laptops, tablets . it needs a further way because of the huge investment cost and low performance.

Anyhow, if the battery is successful, this means opening a new direction for the electronics industry. Perhaps the future will appear super thin phones and just need a coating of spray inside.

3. Self-adhesive plastic Terminator polymer

In the 'Terminator' series - the terminator, the T-1000 robot in the movie can recover itself. In September 2013, scientists found a new plastic that was able to "instantaneously" literally and was named after the famous film - Terminator polymer.

In the video, the scientists cut the material in half, then put them together. This material has reproduced up to 97% of its original condition. Compared to some of the current polymers, usually to recover need some external effects such as temperature or environmental properties, but Terminator polymer is the first material that can recover without element. external impact.

In addition, this new material is considered to be much more durable than conventional plastic materials. According to plastic expert David Mercerreyes of the University of Basque, Spain, Terminator polymer can be applied to improve the life and safety of plastic parts, while opening up the potential for use in security, medical, especially cosmetic surgery.

4. Super memory materials

The term 'metamaterial' - metamaterial - refers to artificial materials of unusual nature. Cornell University researchers have found such a metamaterial: a form of DNA hydrogel that can remember and return to its first form. (Hydrogels are soft and wet materials, with up to 95% of water and molecules in the polymer frame).

In the experiment, the test tube containing this new DNA hydrogel sample when it met water converts its shape into letters. These letters are their first form.

However, there is a strange point that even the scientists who discovered this new metamaterial . cannot explain exactly how it works.

According to Dan Luo, head of Cornell University research, with the ability to remember, this metamaterial can be very suitable for increasing contact area and increasing the effectiveness of the drug.

This is essential for postoperative work, especially in cancer surgery, when the biggest challenge is to completely destroy cancer cells to avoid metastasis. In addition, the combination with other materials also opens up tremendous potential for medicine in particular and the biology industry in general.

5. Ultra-durable material Graphene

Graphene can be understood simply as an extremely thin layer of graphite (the material used to make pencils), discovered by British scientist Andre Geim in 2004 and helped him win the Nobel Prize in physics in 2010.

Graphene is dubbed the future metamaterial because it is very thin, reaching a thickness of only one molecule but is seen with the naked eye and hardened 200 times more than steel.

To pierce a thin layer of Graphene like a paper needs the pressure of a balanced elephant on a pencil. In addition, Graphene also has extremely high strength, easy to bend at any angle.

But the "piety" of Graphene has not stopped there. Graphene is capable of 10 times as much electromagnetic transmission as silicon, although the Graphene sheet looks exactly like a flexible plastic sheet (plastic does not conduct electricity).

This promises new sources of electronic components, and an ultra-fast battery charging system for the future. Besides, when putting Graphene into metal components, it will increase the elasticity up to 500 times.

Currently, scientists are rushing to research to put Graphene into practice and have achieved some successes such as the Graphene aerogel - the lightest material in the world, lighter than helium or even . Graphene condoms Super durable.

6. Perfect insulation

Called Starlite , this material can be considered a form of plastic discovered by the British chemist and hairdresser - Maurice Ward when he was working in the kitchen. This is a material that has perfect thermal insulation ability, which means it can withstand extreme temperatures without changing.

In order to prove Starlite's patronage, the researchers conducted experiments to burn 2 eggs with a fire of 3,000 degrees Celsius diamond, a normal fruit, a fruit covered with a Starlite layer.

The normal egg breaks almost immediately when it touches the fire, while the starlite-coated egg does not degrade. When the experimenter held a bare hand directly into the egg and was exposed to extremely high temperatures, he said 'nothing, even if it is warm'. Even, the egg is still intact when smashed out.

Starlite even tolerated the atomic bomb explosion

At first, scientists rejected the material because it was too unrealistic, and found by a hairdresser. Some also said that this is just a hoax.

However, after verification, all were overwhelmed and believed in its potential: a Starlite sample had 'survived' below 10,000 degrees Celsius, even under the equivalent of 75 Hiroshima nuclear energy lights. (1 Hiroshima = 15 kiloton TNT - energy level when detonating 15 thousand tons of TNT).

Starlite has been claimed by Boeing and NASA to have the potential to create a revolution in materials and weapons around the world. A mass production contract was made for Ward, however he did not agree to reveal the recipe. He even did not register for copyright because it meant disclosing the composition of Starlite.

Unfortunately, Ward died in 2011, when the secrets of super-insulated materials were still left open. There is still information that the Ward family currently holds the secret of Starlite production process but there is no concrete evidence. However, scientists still believe that humans will really control it one day.