再也不怕手機碎屏了！未來手機屏幕或將實現自我修復

再不怕“手滑”？據外媒報道，美國加州大學河濱分校的化學家發明一種可導電的自修復材料，計劃將其用於手機屏幕生產。除了用於屏幕外，這種材料還可用於電池。

Soon, your phone's cracked screen may have its own healing factor.
在不久的將來，摔碎的手機屏幕或將能夠自我修復。

Scientists from the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Riverside have developed a self-healing material that has potential applications for phone screens, artificial muscles, and more.
來自加利福尼亞大學河濱分校化學系的科學家們研發出一種具有自我修復功能的新型材料。該材料或許可以應用於手機屏幕、人造肌肉以及其他更多領域。

The concept isn't exactly new. In late 2013, the LG G Flex came out with a self-healing back that automatically repaired scratches and other wear and tear in a matter of minutes. The Flex's material was non-conductive, so it couldn't be used on screens.
這並不是一種全新的概念。早在2013年年底，LG公司推出的G Flex手機便在其背殼中使用了一種自我修復材料，該材料可在幾分鐘之內自動修復劃痕以及其他表面磨損。但因爲不具備導電性，所以無法應用於手機屏幕。

This new material is "transparent, self-healing, highly stretchable material that can be electrically activated and could be used to improve batteries, electronic devices, and robots," according to a blog post from UC Riverside.
加利福尼亞大學河濱分校官網上的一篇博文寫道，這種新研發的材料“外觀透明，具有自我修復性功能和高延展性”，“該材料具有電活性，可用於提升電池、電子設備和機器人的性能”。

Chao Wang, one of the authors of the paper, "developed an interest in self-healing materials because of his lifelong love of Wolverine, the comic book character who has the ability to self-heal."
研究論文作者之一王超（音）表示，他研究自我修復材料的興趣起源於一種自己長期以來都很喜愛的動物——狼獾，它們常常出現在連環畫裏，具有很強的自我修復能力。

Christoph Keplinger, another author of the paper, has previously demonstrated that these stretchable, transparent materials can be used to create transparent loudspeakers. With the additional ability to self-heal, the new material is ideal for electronics. The material is both low-cost and strong and can fix itself by resting for 24 hours at room temperature.
先前，該研究論文的另一位作者克里斯托弗•凱普林格曾證明這些具有延展性的透明材料可用於生產透明揚聲器。如今再加上自我修復功能，這種新型材料是生產電子設備的絕佳材料。該材料不僅成本低，而且材質堅固，置於室溫中24小時便可進行自我修復。

While it may sound futuristic, Wang expects to see materials like the one developed by his lab in production in as little as three years.
這些設想的實現聽上去似乎遙不可及，但王超預計像他所在的實驗室研發的這種新型材料再有三年就能投產。

"Within three years, more self-healing products will go to market and change our everyday life. It will make our cellphones achieve much better performance than what they can achieve right now," Wang told Business Insider.
他對商業內幕網說道：“三年之內，會有更多具有自我修復能力的產品進入市場，並且改變我們的日常生活。未來的手機產品將會擁有比現在更好的性能。”