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Research puts new wrinkle in study of materials folding under pressure
Scientists at the University of Chicago and the University of Santiago in Chile have explained, for the first time, the physics that governs how thin materials at scales millions of times different in thickness make the transition from wrinkles into folds under compression.
The work was part of a study of lung membranes. The findings could apply both to the design of foldable electronics and to the production of synthetic lung surfactant for therapeutic uses.
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