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Researchers have identified a mechanism that triggers shape-memory in organic crystals used in plastic electronics, an advance with applications in low-power electronics, medical electronics devices ...

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers have identified a mechanism that triggers shape-memory phenomena in organic crystals used in plastic electronics. Shape-shifting structural materials are made with metal ...

Researchers have identified a mechanism that triggers shape-memory phenomena in organic crystals used in plastic electronics. Shape-shifting structural materials are made with metal alloys, but the ...