Nanoscale Tetrapods Could Warn of a Material’s Failure
Berkeley Lab scientists are developing a new way to detect microscopic fractures in materials in the field
Light-emitting, four-armed nanocrystals could someday form the basis of an early warning system in structural materials by revealing microscopic cracks that portend failure, thanks to recent research by scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley.
