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  • Fast-acting, color-changing molecular probe senses when material nears failure

    Mar 25, 2021 11:00 am by Lois YoksoulianResearch
    Beckman Institute director Jeffrey Moore, left, postdoctoral researcher Hai Qian and materials science and engineering head Nancy Sottos. Photos by L.B. Stauffer

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    • Beckman Institute director Jeffrey Moore, left, postdoctoral researcher Hai Qian and materials science and engineering head Nancy Sottos. Photos by L.B. Stauffer

    Materials that contain these new mechanophores could someday be used as stress sensors to enable researchers to study the effects of stress on materials before they fail.