{"id":242998,"date":"2026-08-21T01:31:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T06:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/new-measurements-explain-how-silicon-and-diamond-achieve-extreme-reversible-stretching"},"modified":"2026-08-21T01:31:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T06:31:36","slug":"new-measurements-explain-how-silicon-and-diamond-achieve-extreme-reversible-stretching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/new-measurements-explain-how-silicon-and-diamond-achieve-extreme-reversible-stretching","title":{"rendered":"New measurements explain how silicon and diamond achieve extreme reversible stretching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/logo.new-measurements-explain-how-silicon-and-diamond-achieve-extreme-reversible-stretching.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A research team led by Yang Lu from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), has uncovered the microscopic physical nature of ultralarge elasticity in covalent semiconductors such as silicon and diamond. The discovery provides quantitative guidance for deep elastic strain engineering (DESE), paving the way for the development of next-generation electronic, optoelectronic and quantum devices.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the potential of DESE, the underlying deformation mechanisms of these covalent crystals have long remained elusive. The research team was the first to directly observe the pure lattice evolution of single-crystal silicon and diamond under tension at the atomic scale.<\/p>\n<p>By precisely quantifying the resulting lattice strains, the researchers bridged macroscopic mechanical strain with microscopic lattice strain, establishing a physical foundation for the design of advanced semiconductor devices. The research team also includes PhD student Jiayi Li and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Heyi Wang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A research team led by Yang Lu from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), has uncovered the microscopic physical nature of ultralarge elasticity in covalent semiconductors such as silicon and diamond. The discovery provides quantitative guidance for deep elastic strain engineering (DESE), paving the way [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,385,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engineering","category-evolution","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242998\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}