Colorized micropillars milled from a Zn single crystal after deformation. (IMAGE)

Eötvös Loránd University

Colorized micropillars milled from a Zn single crystal after deformation.

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The reason for this phenomenon is the complex intermittent redistribution of lattice dislocations (which are line-like ctystal defects responsible for the irreversible deformation of crystalline materials) due to external loading, which is also the cause of the formation of the uneven step-like surface upon deformation.

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Credit: Péter Dusán Ispánovity and Dávid Ugi

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