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Nano goes the distance

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Centimetre-scale crack-free metal nanolattices are realized, enabling outstanding high tensile strength in low-density materials.

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Fig. 1: Enabling tensile testing for nanolattices.

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    Nathan A. Mara

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Stein, A., Mara, N.A. Nano goes the distance. Nat. Mater. 20, 1456–1458 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-021-01071-7

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