Fluorescent protein senses and reports mechanical damage in glass-fiber-reinforced polymer composites.
basic_science · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1002/adma.201205226.
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Abstract
Yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) is used as a mechanoresponsive layer at the fiber/resin interface in glass-fiber-reinforced composites. The protein loses its fluorescence when subjected to mechanical stress. Within the material, it reports interfacial shear debonding and barely visible impact damage by a transition from a fluorescent to a non-fluorescent state.
Medical subject headings
- Bacterial Proteins
- Glass
- Luminescent Proteins
- Materials Testing
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Molecular Imaging
- Polymers