Understand anisotropy dependence of damage evolution and material removal during nanoscratch of MgF2 single crystals (IMAGE) International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing Caption ...

(a, b) Images show deformation cell assemblage and microstructure of shear-deformed Al bearing-phase D aggregate under 20GPa, ...

The larger a molecule's anisotropy is, the better suited it is as a molecular nanomagnet. Such nanomagnets have a wide range of potential applications, for example, in energy-efficient data storage.