Nanoparticle Absorption
A colorful schematic of nanoparticle absorption on two-dimensional protein crystals
Assistant Professor Szu-Wen Wang
Assistant Professor Szu-Wen Wang
Not all beaches are eroding, but many are - enough to warrant spending large sums of money to add sand to Southern California's deteriorating coastlines.
In a new study recently published in the Advanced Materials journal, engineers from the University of California, Irvine and the Georgia Institute of Technology have explained the development of a new range of mechanical metamaterials that prevent failure by delocalizing the deformations.