Superelasticity — a form of elasticity that involves a phase transition — has been observed for the first time in a pure organic crystal. The material could find applications in microfluidics.
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Ikeda, T., Ube, T. A superelastic organic crystal. Nature 511, 300–301 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/511300a
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