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Locating dislocations in organic crystals

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The formation of dislocations upon slip–slide events in organic crystals has been revealed by advanced electron microscopy and data-mining techniques.

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Fig. 1: Imaging and characterization of dislocation networks in deformed organic thin films using SED.

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This work is supported by the Air Force Office of Research (AFOSR) under award number FA9550-23-1-0609.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA

    Oliver Lin & Qian Chen

  2. The Grainger College of Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA

    Zhichu Tang & Qian Chen

  3. Beckman Institute for Advanced Science, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA

    Qian Chen

  4. Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA

    Qian Chen

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Lin, O., Tang, Z. & Chen, Q. Locating dislocations in organic crystals. Nat. Mater. 24, 668–670 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02203-z

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