Singling out the role of nanotwins in materials' failure can guide the design of metallic nanostructures with both high strength and high ductility.
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Zhang, YW. Nanotwins only. Nature Nanotech 7, 551–552 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2012.129
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