Sentences with phrase «materials at their breaking points»
«To see the beautiful patterns exhibited by these materials at their breaking points for the first time was enormously exciting — and important for future applications.»
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Standard waveguides allow waves to pass through in both directions, but Feng's team realized that adding extra layers of materials with different reflective and refractive properties, at specific points along the tunnel, could break this symmetry.
The technique can also be used to predict how much materials will expand when heated and contract when cooled, which will help engineers build chips that are less prone to breaking at points where one material touches another, such as when a two - dimensional material chip makes contact with a wire.