Description:  These rippled ribbons are made of single-crystal silicon, the stuff of computer chips. The ripples allow the ribbons to stretch and contract.
Source:  University of Illinois
Story:  Silicon gets stretchy
TRN December 19, 2005
TRN Categories:  Semiconductors; Materials Science and Engineering
Form:  Still

 
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