Berkeley Lab Researchers Use Fluorescent Tetrapod Quantum
Dots to Measure the Mechanical Strength of Polymer Fibers
Fluorescent tetrapod nanocrystals could light the way to the
future design of stronger polymer nanocomposites. A team of researchers with
the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
(Berkeley Lab) has developed an advanced opto-mechanical sensing technique
based on tetrapod quantum dots that allows precise measurement of the
tensile strength of polymer fibers with
minimal impact on the fiber’s mechanical properties.