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Texas A&M: Unexpected 'Black Swan' Defect Discovered in Soft Matter for the First Time
May 20, 2021
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, May 20 (TNSJou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news:

By Vandana Suresh

In new research, Texas A&M University scientists have for the first time revealed a single microscopic defect called a "twin" in a soft-block copolymer using an advanced electron microscopy technique. This defect may be exploited in the future to create materials with novel acoustic and photonic properties.

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