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The mechanism for nucleation phenomenon in solid-state microcellular foams is identified as a solid-state failure process. This process originates at internal flaws within the gas-polymer matrix, where it is induced by the presence of a state of hydrostatic tensile stress within the polymer matrix. The hydrostatic tensile stress is caused by the presence of the saturating gas within the polymer. The...