Micropillar Experiment Equipment (IMAGE)
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The researchers' experiments involved measuring the strain on micropillar as it was pressed on by a punch. They demonstrated that the scaling between a glassy material's stiffness and strength remains unchanged, implying a constant critical strain that these materials can withstand before catastrophic failure, despite the extreme variation found among this class of material's physical properties.
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