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Full recovery takes time

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On bending, nanowires display anelastic behaviour, recovering their initial shape over time and efficiently dissipating mechanical energy in the process.

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Figure 1: Anelastic (time-dependent) strain recovery in bent inorganic nanowires.

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Gianola, D., Shin, J. Full recovery takes time. Nature Nanotech 10, 659–660 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2015.164

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