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

Eötvös Loránd University

Colorized micropillars milled from a Zn single crystal before deformation.

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On the micrometer scale deformation properties of metals change profoundly: the smooth and continuous behaviour of bulk materials often becomes jerky due to random strain bursts of various sizes.

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Credit: Péter Dusán Ispánovity and Dávid Ugi

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