Glassy substances are everywhere, yet this state of matter is not completely understood. The basic picture is clear enough—glasses are solids that lack the regular atomic structure of a crystal. How and why they form, however, ...
Condensed Matter
Mar 27, 2018
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Like a bull in a china shop, a massive, iodine-based ion called iodate should disrupt the surrounding water molecules until it is forcibly expelled. However, it doesn't. This disconnect between the molecule's attributes and ...
Materials Science
Nov 8, 2011
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Cars inch forward slowly in traffic jams, but molecules, when jammed up, can move extremely fast.
Nanophysics
Feb 6, 2014
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Scientists are discovering new two-dimensional materials at a rapid pace, but they don't always immediately know what those materials can do.
Nanomaterials
Apr 10, 2019
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Proteins denature, or "cook" in heat, irreversibly changing their structure, like how an egg boils or a slab of sirloin turns to steak. This prevents proteins from being used in applications where they would need to withstand ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 28, 2020
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As interest and demand for nanotechnology continues to rise, so will the need for nanoscale printing and spraying, which relies on depositing tiny drops of liquid onto a surface. Now researchers from Tsinghua University in ...
Condensed Matter
Jan 30, 2017
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Every disease has a protein basis.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 19, 2023
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Using a combination of high-powered X-rays, phase-retrieval algorithms and machine learning, Cornell researchers revealed the intricate nanotextures in thin-film materials, offering scientists a new, streamlined approach ...
Nanophysics
Jul 7, 2023
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Vertically stacking two-dimensional (2D) materials to form van der Waals homo- or hetero-structures has become an effective means for regulating their physical and mechanical properties. In particular, when a small twist ...
Nanophysics
Aug 28, 2023
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new way to guide the self-assembly of a wide range of novel nanoscale structures using simple polymers as starting materials. ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 18, 2022
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