Crystalline nanowires with point defects show large anelastic behaviour, leading to efficient mechanical energy dissipation.

Prof. Zener uses the term ‘anelasticity’ to describe the properties of solids, as a result of which stress and strain are not uniquely related.

Anelasticity spectra with respect to water content. (IMAGE) Okayama University Caption Researchers from Japan suggest that the oceanic asthenosphere retains water.

Researchers from North Carolina State University and Brown University have found that nanoscale wires (nanowires) made of common semiconductor materials have a pronounced anelasticity -- meaning ...

Researchers have found that nanoscale wires (nanowires) made of common semiconductor materials have a pronounced anelasticity -- meaning that the wires, when bent, return slowly to their original ...