Published on
March 23, 2007
![Nature Magazine](/images/default-source/news/respot032207.jpgaaa373e8-bb27-4dce-9d8a-227c3e514701.jpg?sfvrsn=5c5a32ad_2)
Jeffrey Moore, Nancy Sottos, and Scott White, inventors of self-healing plastics and members of the Autonomous Materials Systems group, are co-authors of a paper describing the method. The journal Nature highlighted the work with a cover article in its March 22 issue. The cover image for the Nature article was designed by the Beckman Institute's Imaging Technology Group.
![Moore, Sottos and White](/images/default-source/news/respot0322072.jpgcace234c-8b75-411d-b765-5398daba3453.jpg?sfvrsn=ca7a693e_2)
For more on the method, see the article by the U of I News Bureau, read the Nature article online, or read the paper. The Nature article also includes a video interview with Moore, Sottos, and White about the technique.
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