Real World Versions
Materials of this type are still in development, for example a type invented at the Industrial Physics and Chemistry Higher Educational Institution ESPCI in Paris, France. Their translucent, yellowish-brown rubber is synthesized from fatty acids and urea. It is still too soft for most anticipated practical applications, like rubber gloves and shoe soles.
Among the potential problems of the material is that it would also bond to itself any other way it came into contact, like upon closing the fingers or hand of a glove. This may be solved by coating objects made from the rubber with some other polymer, so that the smart rubber is only exposed when torn.
Read more about this topic: Smart Rubber
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