Orderly Stacking of Tiny Crystals to Make More Flexible Concrete (6 of 9) (IMAGE)

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Orderly Stacking of Tiny Crystals to Make More Flexible Concrete (6 of 9)

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A photo of the corresponding author Helmut Cölfen. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 29 November 2017, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by A. Picker at University of Konstanz in Konstanz, Germany, and colleagues was titled, "Mesocrystalline calcium silicate hydrate: A bioinspired route toward elastic concrete materials."

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[Credit: Andreas Picker]

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