The melting of crystals is the process by which an increase in temperature induces the disruption of the ordered crystalline ...

Researchers at Osaka University have revealed a link between the equations describing strain caused by atomic dislocations in ...

They demonstrated that the fields representing the strain generated around lattice dislocations in crystalline materials, modeled by Cartan's First Structure Equation, obey the same equations as ...

They demonstrated that the fields representing the strain generated around lattice dislocations in crystalline materials, modeled by Cartan's First Structure Equation, obey the same equations as ...

Controlling the arrangement of atomic vacancies offers a new way to adjust electronic, magnetic, thermal, and hydrogen ...

With properties of a superfluid but with a crystalline structure, supersolids have previously only been observed in ultracold ...

From brilliant blues to fiery reds, discover how nature crafts diamonds in every color, and why some shades are rarer than ...

For decades, researchers have explored how electrons behave in quantum materials. Under certain conditions, electrons ...

For the first time, researchers transformed light into a quantum crystalline structure to create a "supersolid" that's both solid and liquid at the same time. Here’s what that means, and why it ...

Department of Mechanical Engineering, 271 Applied Science Complex II, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States ...