Smaller is tougher

AR Beaber, JD Nowak, O Ugurlu, WM Mook… - Philosophical …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
… and demonstrates that smaller can be both stronger and tougher. Three … , it is shown at small
scale that toughness is inversely … both strength and toughness increases at the small scales. …

Smaller, faster, tougher

B Ozpineci, L Tolbert - Ieee Spectrum, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon has long been the semiconductor of choice for such power electronics. But soon this
ubiquitous substance will have to share the spotlight. Devices made from silicon carbide (SiC…

[HTML][HTML] Tiny yet tough: Maximizing the toughness of fiber-reinforced soft composites in the absence of a fiber-fracture mechanism

W Cui, Y Huang, L Chen, Y Zheng, Y Saruwatari… - Matter, 2021 - cell.com
… Developing methods to maximize toughness at small … superior toughness, even at small size
scales, without requiring … by the fracture of the extremely tough matrix surrounding the fiber …

It's tough to be small: dependence of burrowing kinematics on body size

J Che, KM Dorgan - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2010 - journals.biologists.com
… predicted that smaller worms would exhibit behaviors characteristic of tougher sediments …
We found that smaller worms were relatively blunter and thicker, and had a greater variation …

Anomalous scaling law of strength and toughness of cellulose nanopaper

H Zhu, S Zhu, Z Jia, S Parvinian, Y Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
… of cellulose nanopaper: the smaller, the stronger and the tougher. There is no tradeoff
between tensile strength and toughness, a highly desirable feature in advanced material design. …

Polymersomes: tough vesicles made from diblock copolymers

BM Discher, YY Won, DS Ege, JCM Lee, FS Bates… - Science, 1999 - science.org
… proved to be almost an order of magnitude tougher and sustained far greater areal strain
before … Small amphiphiles of natural origin have inspired the engineering of higher molecular …

[PDF][PDF] How a Small Boy Became Tough

M Clifton - Between the Species, 1992 - digitalcommons.calpoly.edu
… going to be sunset any time, but if the trapper was the toughest thing in the forest, the small
boy had to find him soon. When the small boy heard the fox crying in the trap, he broke into a …

Small for gestational age preterm infants and later adiposity and height: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

S Elmrayed, J Pinto, SC Tough… - Paediatric and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
… Objective: The objective of the study was to assess the association between small for
gestational age (SGA) birth and later adiposity and height among those born preterm. Data sources…

Small for date preterm infants and risk of higher blood pressure in later life: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

…, S Elmrayed, NV Scime, SC Tough… - Paediatric and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Historical reports suggest that infants born small for gestational age (SGA) are
at increased risk for high blood pressure (BP) at older ages after adjustment for later age …

Bromodomains: a new target class for small molecule drug discovery

C Chung, DF Tough - Drug Discovery Today: Therapeutic Strategies, 2012 - Elsevier
The recent disclosure of potent, selective small molecule inhibitors (I-BET762, I-BET151 and
JQ1) of the BET family of bromodomains demonstrate that epigenetic reader proteins may …