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Crystals can’t bend – or can they? New research sheds light on elusive ‘flexible crystals’

By Jack K. Clegg, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, The University of Queensland
Ben Powell, Professor of Theoretical Physics, The University of Queensland
John McMurtrie, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, Queensland University of Technology

Crystals are supposed to be hard and brittle. But when we make them bendy, they help reveal the secrets of how elastic materials work.

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