Turning existing polymers into stress-sensing materials (IMAGE)

Institute of Science Tokyo

Turning existing polymers into stress-sensing materials

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Researchers developed a post-synthetic blending strategy that enables existing block copolymers to visibly respond to mechanical stress.

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Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan

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