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Nanocrystalline Nickel Under Stress

Caption: Stress-induced deformation along the edges of nanocrystalline nickel reflect the dislocation activity observed by researchers at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source using a radial diamond-anvil-cell X-ray diffraction experimental station.

Credit: Image courtesy of Bin Chen, Berkeley Lab

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