Unusual Crystalline Materials Possess New Property

The steel products containing metals and semiconductors are formed by crystallinegrains. The solar panels and knife blades are made up of crystalline grains. These grains have tendency in combining and build up mechanical strength, electrical conductivity, thermal properties and flexibility.

Coherent Twin Boundary (CTB)

The borders between the grains of different type known as Coherent Twin Boundary (CTB) it is a useful property for some materials on nanoscale. This makes material stronger in its ability to be in disfigure.

Researchers have found the deformation technique between the twin crystal boundaries. It helps to use CTB to characterizing the properties of other materials. The study led by Ming Dao, a principal research scientist from MIT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering Subra Suresh, the Vannevar Bush Professor Emeritus of Engineering and president-designate of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore Ju Li, the Battelle Energy Alliance Professor in MIT’s Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering; and seven others at MIT and elsewhere.

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