Exotic property confirmed in natural material could lead to fundamental studies
Saturday, October 8, 2016 - 16:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers have confirmed the existence of a naturally occurring exotic property in which a material becomes thicker when stretched – the opposite of most materials – a discovery that could lead to new studies into the fundamental science of nano-materials behavior. The counterintuitive phenomenon, called auxetic behavior, has been extensively studied in engineered structures that […]