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  • Shape-shifting organic crystals use memory to improve plastic electronics

    Jan 25, 2018 10:15 am by Lois YoksoulianResearch
    Illinois chemistry and biomolecular engineering professor Ying Diao, right, and graduate student Hyunjoong Chung. Photo by L. B. Stauffer

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    • Illinois chemistry and biomolecular engineering professor Ying Diao, right, and graduate student Hyunjoong Chung. Photo by L. B. Stauffer

    An Illinois research has identified a mechanism that triggers shape-memory in organic crystals used in plastic electronics