Scientists experimenting with a cutting-edge ultrasound technique have come up with a groundbreaking and incredibly precise way to measure the elasticity of materials at a microscopic scale. Based on ...

Researchers have devised a revolutionary new technique for measuring the microscopic elasticity of materials. Known as SRAS, the technology works by measuring the speed of sound across the material's ...

Typical nanomechanical applications include measuring elastic modulus, friction and adhesion. Viscoelastic materials, which include polymers and biological materials, have elastic properties that ...

Die swell has been used in the plastics industry as a qualitative measure of polymer melt elasticity for quality control. It can also be used in an extrusion process for analysis of extrudate ...

Left: Approximately 5,000 microfibers are collected in the container. Right: Coiling of a nonuniform microfiber with axially varied elastic modulus. As the fiber coils in the microfluidic device, it ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers at the University of Nottingham have devised a revolutionary new technique for measuring the microscopic elasticity of materials for the first time. Known as SRAS, the ...