NIST team develops new probe to observe behavior of composite materials under stress

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By mmillikinMar 19, 2017, 6:00 am274 pts
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a way to embed a nanoscale damage-sensing probe into a lightweight composite. The probe, known as a mechanophore (MP), could speed up product testing and potentially reduce the amount of time and materials needed for the…

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