Using a diamond as a quantum simulator, scientists created a rondeau time crystal, which exhibited both long-range temporal ...

From computer chips to quantum dots—technological platforms were only made possible thanks to a detailed understanding of the used solid-state materials, such as silicon or more complex semiconductor ...

For materials that exist only as a powdered crystal, solving these structures becomes much more difficult because the fragments don't carry the full 3D structure of the original crystal. "The precise ...

Rice University postdoctoral research associate Jianwei Huang with the laboratory apparatus he used to conduct angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy experiments on a copper-vanadium alloy. The ...

Lattice structures underpin much of modern materials science, providing a fundamental framework to understand the arrangement of atoms, electrons, or quasi-particles in a variety of physical systems.

A new microscopy technique allows scientists to see single-atom-thick boron nitride by making it glow under infrared light.

Researchers discover that embedding iridium atoms inside catalyst crystals instead of on the surface dramatically improves ...

Scientists have discovered a first-of-its-kind material, a 3D crystalline metal in which quantum correlations and the geometry of the crystal structure combine to frustrate the movement of electrons ...

The quest for materials capable of combining semiconductor properties with superconductivity represents a major challenge for modern electronics. These hybrid materials could pave the way for more ...

(Nanowerk News) For more than 100 years, scientists have been using X-ray crystallography to determine the structure of crystalline materials such as metals, rocks, and ceramics. This technique works ...