Materials may be strong or ductile, but rarely both at once. The processing of copper into a nanostructure possessing different-sized grains produces a material that retains its high strength and ductility under deformation.
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Valiev, R. Nanomaterial advantage. Nature 419, 887–889 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/419887a
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