Permanent deformation in solids results from atoms not aligning with the external stress causing the deformation. Detecting such non-affine atomic rearrangements and connecting them to measurable mechanical effects is now shown to be feasible by means of high-energy X-ray diffraction.
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Ganguly, S. Rearranged under stress. Nat. Phys. 19, 1765–1766 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02260-8
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