Shape-memory effects in molecular crystals

Molecular crystals can be bent elastically by expansion or contraction on opposite faces, or plastically by delamination into slabs that glide along slip planes. Here the authors report crystals that can be bent plastically while undergoing a mechanically induced phase transition without delaminatio...

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Main Authors: Ejaz Ahmed, Durga Prasad Karothu, Mark Warren, Panče Naumov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11612-z