Sheared Aluminum's Odd, Possibly Useful Behavior

Chiggy_Von_Richtoffe writes "Researchers at Ohio State University have turned up some interesting things about aluminum when sheared at the atomic leavel. Apparently it mimics certain ceramics and semiconductors, as well as having a stronger shear-strength than copper. I can't wait until we can get all sorts of cool new toys from this vein of research."

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Re:ceramic?

[Raiford]

Ceramics are not isolated to high-temperature engineering applications. High-dielectric materials such as the titanates for capacitors and many pizeoelectrics are used at room termperature just like other semiconductor materials.