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Rethinking hysteresis—a thermodynamic framework for history-dependent solids
- May 25, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Many solid materials "remember" their past. A piece of metal may respond differently after being stretched, heated, or cooled, and memory materials rely precisely on this kind of history-dependent behavior. This phenomenon, known as hysteresis, is central to technologies such as memory devices, energy conversion materials, and durable structural materials.
Originally published at Phys.org