Frontiers of Engineering has recently highlighted an article from Science Daily on our research exploring webbing structures damage occurring after long exposition to ultraviolet (UV) irradiation.
Our Research Assistant Professor Peng Zhang and Professor Maurizio Porfiri with Dr. Osgar John Ohanian III (Luna Innovations), proposed a new sensing technique for long-term UV exposure based on a photochromic nylon webbing. By integrating experimental assays and theoretical results on the underlying physics, they demonstrated the possibility of sensing continuous UV exposure from the tracking of the color of the webbing.
Read the featured article here and here
Read the paper “Spiropyran-functionalized photochromic nylon webbings for long-term ultraviolet light sensing” here.