Creating a thin, flexible version of a brittle oxide material (IMAGE)

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Creating a thin, flexible version of a brittle oxide material

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Researchers from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University made a super-thin, flexible membrane from a normally brittle oxide by growing it on a surface coated with a compound that dissolves in water. When the coating was dissolved, the membrane (dark red) floated free. Stretching this membrane revealed how strain affects the material's electronic properties.

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Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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