close and return to previous windowdoi:10.1038/nmat805
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| Interplay between compression and tension can stabilize structures at all length scales. The Needle tower by Kenneth Snelson is a macroscopic example of a structure in equilibrium between compression (aluminum tubes) and tension (steel cables), that leaves us with the puzzling impression of tubes floating in space. It is a simliar construction principle that holds together some zeolitic frameworks. |
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