A new material pulls carbon from the air to repair itself

The material in question is a hydrogel matrix, composed of a polymer of aminopropyl methacrylamide (APMA) and glucose, and an enzyme called glucose oxidase. But the active ingredients are chloroplasts, plant cell fragments that catalyze light during photosynthesis. In this case, they were extracted from the spinach leaves and incorporated in the hydrogel, where they have the opportunity to work to extract the carbon from the ambient air, transform it into a solid form and use it to " to build "himself.