Quasicrystals (QCs) are fascinating solid materials that exhibit an intriguing atomic arrangement. Unlike regular crystals, ...

For centuries, humans have made use of glass in their art, tools, and technology. Despite the ubiquity of this material, ...

Quasicrystals are intriguing materials with long-range atomic order that lack periodicity. It has been a longstanding question whether antiferromagnetism, while commonly found in regular crystals, is ...

Researchers have discovered antiferromagnetism in a quasicrystal. The team was led by Ryuji Tamura from the Department of ...

This research presents a comprehensive thermodynamic approach to glass, redefining equilibrium and enhancing the ...

Quasicrystals (QCs) are fascinating solid materials that exhibit an intriguing atomic arrangement. Unlike regular crystals, in which atomic ...

Scientists have captured the first-ever video of atoms in motion during a chemical reaction, revealing hidden pathways and short-lived molecules previously impossible to observe. Using a new type of ...

An odd solid that can flow like a fluid has been ... have zero viscosity and a crystal-like structure akin to the arrangement ...

The technology, called Single-Molecule Atomic-Resolution Time-resolved Electron Microscopy (SMART-EM for short), lets scientists observe individual atoms and molecules as they interact during chemical ...

2 and is normal to these facets. As viewed along the incident beam the arrangement of atoms in the crystal exhibits a threefold symmetry. Three {100}-normals equally spaced in azimuth emerge from ...

In a recent study (Advanced Materials, "Ultrafast Symmetry Control in Photoexcited Quantum Dots"), researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have discovered how ...