Crystal tennis rackets

J. Michael McBride
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J. Michael McBride: Yale University, Box 208107, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA. j.mcbride@yale.edu

Nature, 2007, vol. 446, issue 7137, 736-737

Abstract: The idea of bendy crystals, especially ones that move rapidly and reversibly in response to light, seems strange. Such materials have now been prepared — but how do they change shape so dramatically without cracking?

Date: 2007
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