A Slow Return (IMAGE)

Brown University

A Slow Return

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Zinc oxide nanowires return to shape slowly after being bent, new research from Brown and NC State shows. That property, called anelasticity, suggests that nanowires might be good in applications that require absorption of shocks or vibrations.

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Zhu lab / NC State

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