Ceramics Don't Have to Be Brittle (IMAGE)

California Institute of Technology

Ceramics Don't Have to Be Brittle

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This sequence shows how the Greer Lab's three-dimensional, ceramic nanolattices can recover after being compressed by more than 50 percent. Clockwise, from left to right, an alumina nanolattice before compression, during compression, fully compressed, and recovered following compression.

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Lucas Meza/Caltech

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