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Limits RegistryResearchers from City University of Hong Kong, MIT and Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology reported in Science in 2018 that single-crystal diamond nanoneedles could bend elastically to about 9% local tensile strain and spring back. This is far above the under 1% elastic strain possible in bulk diamond.
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Researchers from City University of Hong Kong, MIT and Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology reported in Science in 2018 that single-crystal diamond nanoneedles could bend elastically to about 9% local tensile strain and spring back. This is far above the under 1% elastic strain possible in bulk diamond.
The largest reversible elastic strain demonstrated in diamond.
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Limits Registry. LR-LARGEST-ELASTIC-STRAIN-DIAMOND. Largest elastic strain in diamond. 2026.