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Metal nanocrystals

Deforming like liquid droplets

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Metallic nanocrystals can be deformed pseudoelastically at room temperature without generating dislocations.

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Figure 1: Pseudoelastic deformation of a silver nanocrystal1.

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  1. Claude R. Henry is at the Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université / CNRS, UMR 7325, F-13288 Marseille cedex 09, France,

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