Shattering 60-Year Debate: Defects Spread Through Diamond Faster Than the Speed of Sound
Defects can make a material stronger or make it fail catastrophically. Knowing how fast they travel can help researchers understand things like earthquake…
Defects can make a material stronger or make it fail catastrophically. Knowing how fast they travel can help researchers understand things like earthquake…
A centuries-old architectural technique has inspired a new method for tailoring nanoscale windows in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), with potential applications in gas separation and medical…
Physicists have developed a technique to precisely align supermoiré lattices, revolutionizing the potential for next-generation moiré quantum matter. National University of Singapore (NUS) physicists have…
Scientists have made a significant contribution to understanding superconductivity by observing unusual charge waves within uranium ditelluride crystals. ‘A place for everything and everything in…
Scientists have developed a method to create unique anti-counterfeiting QR codes using micrometer-sized spherical cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs), paving the way for more secure, unreplicable…
Previous beliefs have been overturned by the discovery of irregularly arranged structures. For many, the word “crystals” conjures images of shimmering suncatchers that create a…
Contrary to expectation, experiments show that edges are not needed to realize an unusual quantum effect. RIKEN physicists have created an exotic quantum state in…
Spitrobot is a groundbreaking experimental device developed by scientists in Hamburg that simplifies observing protein changes and makes time-resolved crystallography more accessible. This will speed…
Researchers have used terahertz light pulses to induce ferromagnetism in a crystal at temperatures far above its normal transition temperature, paving the way for optically…
Neutron scattering reveals coherent waves of ‘spin excitons’ in nickelate crystal. Rice University physicists discovered “spin excitons” in nickel molybdate crystals, a new type of…
Researchers provide direct evidence that the magnetic properties of the novel icosahedral quasicrystals depend on the electrons-per-atom ratio. Professor Ryuji Tamura’s team at Tokyo University…
A novel technique for material analysis combines resonant X-ray diffraction and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance. The researchers at Tokyo Tech have uncovered the previously unknown…
When it comes to crystals, we tend to imagine solid, rigid structures with distinct, repeating patterns, such as ice, salt, and quartz. However, new research…
A hidden pattern of electrons could provide clues to exotic quantum behavior. Hidden stripes in a crystal could help scientists understand the mysterious behavior of…
A key aspect of the study was the deployment of density functional theory (DFT), a method derived from quantum mechanics and used in solid-state physics…
First real-time glimpse into the growth habits of nanoparticles. Found in salt, sugar, snowflakes, and gemstones, crystals are highly ordered, layered structures Although crystals are…
Rice theorists have developed a method that can accurately predict the shapes of crystals that do not have symmetry. The shape of a crystal is…
A synthetic sulfide mineral with thermoelectric properties. In the effort to efficiently convert heat into electricity, easily accessible materials from harmless raw materials open up…