Our latest paper, titled “Photochromic webbing structures for monitoring UV-induced mechanical strength degradation”, authored our PhD student Sina Kazemipour, our collaborators Drs. John Ohanian and Maurizio Porfiri, and PI Dr. Peng Zhang, has been published in the journal Smart Materials and Structures. This study introduces a novel class of photochromic webbing structures that can afford noninvasive monitoring of UV-induced degradation of their mechanical strength. Experimental observations are complemented by a physics-based mathematical model that provides insights into the webbing’s sensing mechanism. Read the paper here.