One well known characteristic of ice is that it fractures instead of bending when strained. But a Science study from last year shows that very thin, carefully grown ice microfibers can bend a lot and still remain elastic. ScienceResearch
We thank X. K. Zhang, L. Y. Wu, and S. H. Chang at the Center of Cryo-Electron Microscopy , Zhejiang University, for their technical assistance on cryo-TEM; X. J. Wang at the cryo-EM facility of Westlake University for the technical assistance on cryo-FIBM; and L. Yang and Y. Y. Jin for assistance with scattering spectra analysis.
This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Project of China , the National Natural Science Foundation of China , the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province , and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.L.T., X.G., and Y.R.S conceived of and supervised the project. P.X. and B.C. performed the experiments. Y.B., P.X., and B.C. performed the cryo-TEM measurements. All authors analyzed the data. L.T., X.G., P.X., B.C., and Y.R.S.
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