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Crystals, Hydrothermal Bombs, and the Study of Strange Mechanical Properties

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Chemistry for the Future: Strange Substances and Structures
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Andrew Cairns and Ines Collings, DPhil students in the Goodwin Group, explain how they make single crystals in the lab and study their unusual properties.
By showing how to break the rules governing 'normal' materials, this research could lead to the design of brand new and useful substances in future.

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Chemistry for the Future: Strange Substances and Structures
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Andrew Cairns
Ines Collings
Keywords
mechanical properties
materials
crystals
inorganic
properties
x-ray crystallography
Department: Department of Chemistry
Date Added: 18/07/2013
Duration: 00:11:15

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