Image: Reusable superglue: An atomic force microscope image shows the surface of a shape memory polymer that has been treated to make a strong reusable adhesive. Two pieces of the polymer stick together when heated, stay stuck when cooled down, and come apart when heated again. Credit: Tao Xie, GM Research and Development Center From Technology Review:
A novel adhesive is extremely strong, and its stickiness is reversible.
General Motors researchers have made an extremely strong adhesive that comes apart when heated. The adhesive is 10 times stickier than Velcro and the reusable gecko-inspired glues that many research groups have been trying to perfect.
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