Knots Smaller Than Human Hair Make Materials Unusually Tough
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Knots Smaller Than Human Hair Make Materials Unusually Tough
March 09, 2023
In the latest advance in nano- and micro-architected materials, engineers at Caltech have developed a new material made from numerous interconnected microscale knots. The knots make the material far tougher than identically structured but unknotted materials: they absorb more energy and are able to deform more while still being able to return to their original shape undamaged. [Caltech story]
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Robert Perkins
Julia Greer