What It’s Cracked Up To Be
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Researchers have designed a metamaterial that is nearly twice as resistant to cracking in one direction versus the other—what they call fracture diode.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physics
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2624-8174']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physics.14.s8