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Nature 389, 339 (25 September 1997) | doi:10.1038/38631
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Daedalus: The light rolls in
David Jones
Squash or deform a crystal of salt, and it will emit light. Many ionic crystals show this effect; the ionic reshuffling of deformation allows defects in the lattice to relax and release their stored energy.
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