Thanks to the crystal structure of diamonds, with carbon atoms arranged into a lattice-like structure ... HD [hexagonal diamond] may even surpass cubic diamond (CD), the hardest and least ...

Typically, lead sulfide is expected to form a cubic crystal structure, characterized by ... atoms should arrange themselves in a very ordered lattice, much like alternating red and blue Lego ...

Crucially, these modulations strictly correspond to the crystal lattice structure, with maxima and minima precisely located at the crystallographic positions of the chalcogen atoms, revealing the ...

A Princeton team uncovered a surprising chiral quantum state in a supposedly non-chiral material, shedding light on elusive ...

Controlling the topology and structure of entangled molecular strands is a key challenge in molecular engineering, ...

Twisted molybdenum layers reveal hidden quantum states, offering insights into future quantum computing materials.

They discovered that reaction rates differ depending on the crystal facet ... leading to a gradual transformation from a cubic to a spherical structure. This degradation process was successfully ...

There are two different structures for covalent bonding. When ionic bonding forms between a metal and a non-metal, lots of ions group together to form a giant ionic lattice. A giant ionic lattice ...

The focus of the study was a bulk single crystal of a topological kagome metal ... relate to the underlying geometry of the atomic lattice structure, according to Boston College Associate Professor of ...