Imagine clothing that stretches or shrinks to fit you

Tuesday, September 8, 2020 - 08:50 in Physics & Chemistry

As everyone who has painstakingly straightened their hair knows, water is the enemy. Hair carefully straightened by heat will bounce back into curls the minute it touches water. Why? Because hair has shape memory. Its material properties allow it to change shape in response to certain stimuli and return to its original shape in response […]

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