Diamonds have a reputation as one of the hardest materials known to man, which is undoubtedly true, but they're not as tough as you think they are.

A new study details how researchers successfully built and operated a motor using coils woven from pure carbon nanotubes ...

Adding alloy elements makes certain crystal structures more likely to form. Materials scientists speak of energetically favored crystal lattice structures. This allows the properties of the steel to ...

In brief Researchers have developed a method by which artificial crystal lattices with a large lattice constant can be created in a semiconductor material. The large lattice constant leads to a ...

Crystal lattice at a distance Peer-Reviewed Publication ETH Zurich To study the interactions between electrons in a material, physicists have come up with a number of tricks over the years.

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The Wigner crystal lattice. Image: Yen-Chen Tsui and team, Princeton University Wigner theorized that this quantum phase of electrons would occur due to the particles’ mutual repulsion, not in ...

A new type of 3D-printed lattice structure has surprised researchers with its strength and light weight. It uses two different lattice structures merged together to eliminate the weak points ...

The microstructure of steel is composed of grains, each with its own crystal lattice structure. Heat treatment subjects steel to controlled heating and cooling processes to alter its microstructure, ...

Jan 30, 2024 Quantum frustration in 3D crystal freezes electron motion (Nanowerk News) Rice University scientists have discovered a first-of-its-kind material, a 3D crystalline metal in which quantum ...