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Atomic step–terrace ordering enables unprecedented precision in mechanical testing
- May 13, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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As modern technologies shrink to the nanoscale, surfaces increasingly dictate how materials deform, yield, and fail. Yet probing this regime has long been hindered by the challenge of preparing and controlling surfaces with true atomic precision, particularly at the outermost atomic layer.
Originally published at Phys.org