美国海军研究实验室(NRL)的研究人员开发出一种透明热塑性弹性体装甲,并申请了专利。与一般的防弹玻璃相比,新研制的装甲不仅具有极佳的防弹性能,且质量更轻。这种热塑性弹性体是通过物理方法而非化学方法使柔软的橡胶聚合物固化而形成的,由于固化过程可逆,因此能够就地修复受损的装甲表面。在高于软化点的温度下(100℃左右)加热受损装甲,使断裂表面融合 Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have developed and patented a transparent thermoplastic elastomer armor. Compared with the general bullet-proof glass, the newly developed armor not only has excellent ballistic performance, and the quality is lighter. This thermoplastic elastomer is formed by curing, rather than chemically, a soft rubber polymer by a physical method, and since the curing process is reversible, the damaged armor surface can be repaired in-situ. The damaged armor is heated at a temperature above the softening point (around 100 ° C) to fuse the fracture surfaces