Unusual material expands dramatically under pressure

Thursday, July 18, 2013 - 16:30 in Physics & Chemistry

If you squeeze a normal object in all directions, it shrinks in all directions. But a few strange materials will actually grow in one dimension when compressed. Chemists have now discovered a structure that takes this property to a new level, expanding more dramatically under pressure than any other known material.

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