What does ‘flexibility’ actually look like? (IMAGE)

University of Cambridge

What does ‘flexibility’ actually look like?

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Illustration of a layer of molecules being mechanically squeezed by a nano ‘needle’ in an atomic force microscope.

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Illustration by Ki-Hwan Hwang and Jonathan Wong.

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