This Exotic New Material Somehow Gets Thicker When Stretched
Devesh Mistry Stretch just about any material and what happens to it? It gets thinner, of course. It turns out that this isn’t a universal rule, however. Scientists at the U.K.’s University of Leeds have discovered a new synthetic material which actually gets thicker the more it’s stretched. Referred to as a liquid crystal elastomer, it’s composed of the same… Continue reading "This Exotic New Material Somehow Gets Thicker When Stretched"