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Brittle materials can be made stronger by shrinking them to nanoscale size (New Kerala)
Washington, Feb 10 : Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have determined that some notoriously brittle materials can be made stronger by simply reducing them to nanoscale size. (read on…) Related items Researchers Develop Nanoscale Structures With Superior Mechanical Properties (redOrbit) Nanoscale Structures with Superior Mechanical Properties Developed (PhysOrg) Caltech researchers develop nanoscale structures with superior mechanical... »
Researchers Develop Nanoscale Structures With Superior Mechanical Properties (redOrbit)
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a way to make some notoriously brittle materials ductile—yet stronger than ever—simply by reducing their size.The work, by Dongchan Jang, senior postdoctoral scholar, and Julia R. (read on…) Related items Brittle materials can be made stronger by shrinking them to nanoscale size (New Kerala) Caltech researchers develop nanoscale... »
Researchers Develop Nanoscale Structures with Superior Mechanical Properties (Caltech Today)
Researchers have developed a way to make some notoriously brittle materials ductileyet stronger than eversimply by reducing their size. The work, by Dongchan Jang, senior postdoctoral scholar, and Julia R. Greer, assistant professor of materials science and mechanics at Caltech, could eventually lead to the development of innovative, superstrong, yet light and damage-tolerant materials.... »
Caltech researchers develop nanoscale structures with superior mechanical properties (EurekAlert!)
( California Institute of Technology ) Researchers at Caltech have developed a way to make some notoriously brittle materials ductile — yet stronger than ever — simply by reducing their size. The work could eventually lead to the development of innovative, superstrong, yet light and damage-tolerant materials. These new materials could be used as... »
Caltech Physicists Propose Quantum Entanglement For Motion Of Microscopic Objects (redOrbit)
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have proposed a new paradigm that should allow scientists to observe quantum behavior in small mechanical systems.Their ideas, described in the latest online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offer a new means of addressing one of the most fascinating issues in... »
