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Graphene oxide paper changes with strain

Full Article URL: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-01/ru-go011516.php

HOUSTON – (Jan. 19, 2016) – The same slip-and-stick mechanism that leads to earthquakes is at work on the molecular level in nanoscale materials, where it determines the shear plasticity of the materials, according to scientists at Rice University and the State University of Campinas, Brazil.

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