The melting of materials seems like a simple phenomenon. However, when their thickness is reduced to just a few atoms, ...
For more than a century, schoolbook physics has divided matter into neat categories like solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. A ...
Metal scrap can now be transformed into high-performance, high-value alloys without traditional melting processes, according to researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National ...
Scientists have observed transitions into and out of an exotic state of matter found between liquid and solid in 2-D materials (Sci. Rep. 2021, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80082-x). The hexatic phase ...