Figure 3: Seed size controlled metallic glass nanostructures of complex shapes. The multi-COAD approach ... of deposition rate measured with a quartz crystal thickness monitor.

There are only 230 possible ways for atoms to form repeating crystal patterns. Quasicrystals don't fit into any of them. Their unique shape lets them form a pattern that fills the space ...

Now that we understand why it works, this research opens up the doors for other metallic quasi-crystals to be developed on purpose, in aluminum and perhaps other alloys.

Metallic hydrogen was predicted on theoretical grounds as long ago as in 1935. Since then, scientists around the world have ...

The bright, metallic sheen of fish skin -- source ... However, the exact shape of these guanine crystals and how they work remained a mystery. The researchers extracted guanine crystals from ...

To create metallic nanocrystals ... carried out simulations of molecular dynamics to explain why differently shaped crystals emerge from different metals. (The government's Marsden Fund supported ...

While metal atoms normally arrange themselves in ordered arrays, or crystals, the atoms in a metallic glass are a ... and easily bounce back to their original shape after a blow (see Diagram).

Can the shape of a crystal really change how well it performs in clean energy technology? A new study says yes—decisively. Researchers from National Taiwan University, National Tsing Hua ...

In addition, they can change their shape easily and adapt well to getting around obstacles, making them highly versatile and capable. This chemotaxic liquid metallic system shows great potential ...