The word crystal is taken from the Greek “krustallos.” In the English definition, this is translated as both “rock crystal” and “ice” [1]. Examples of single crystalline structures are ...

From calming amethyst for your bedroom to multi-purpose clear quartz for the kitchen, our crystal experts from Moon & Stone walk us through the essential crystals for each room in the home. By ...

Figure 1: Secondary structures of RNA stem-loops that bind ... permitting RNA crystallography without RNA crystals.

The mineral is much softer than shells or fossil fragments, which accounts for that unparalleled velvety texture. And the sparkly quality of the quartz crystal translates into sand that seems to glow ...

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Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images highlight specific lamellar arrangements in fractured 3D interiors, emphasizing chirality’s role in crystal growth. Synchrotron microbeam X-ray diffraction ...

Department of Materials Science and Technology of Polymers (MTP), University of Twente, Enschede 7522 NB, The Netherlands Sustainable Polymer Chemistry (SPC), Department of Molecules and Materials, ...

A piece of Cenozoic basalt from the Changbaishan area in China was cut into four different sizes (2 mm, 5 mm, 1 cm, and 2 cm cubes) using a diamond wire saw with water cooling. Then, these specimens ...

The macerals, morphology, and structure of kerogen were observed under transmitted light and fluorescence ... filling the gap between inorganic mineral particles/crystals such as siliceous minerals, ...