For the first time ever, researchers have watched the mesmerizing process of nanoparticles self-assembling into solid materials. In the stunning new videos, particles rain down, tumble along ...

image: In-cell engineering can be a powerful tool for synthesizing functional protein crystals with promising catalytic properties, show researchers at Tokyo Tech. Using genetically modified bacteria ...

Mucic acid crystals grown from a water-based solution achieved a record-breaking stiffness for an organic crystal.

Researchers furthered our understanding of the crystallization process in confined spaces by visualizing the ordering of colloidal particles in a droplet. The team conducted real-time microscopic ...

Northwestern University researchers have uncovered a previously unknown property of colloidal crystals, highly ordered three-dimensional arrays of nanoparticles. The team engineered colloidal crystals ...

Students Tackling Advanced Research, or STAR, gives first-year Dragons a summer to join a faculty-led project and learn how research really happens. The goal is early mentorship, real responsibility, ...

In the development of new pharmaceutical ingredients and other high-purity products, carefully controlled crystallization ...

A novel crystallizer has shown promise in lowering costs for direct-air capture (DAC) of CO2 emissions. In recent work ...

Waters supersaturated with sparingly soluble salts are encountered in RO/NF (reverse osmosis/nanofiltration) membrane-based water treatment processes, cooling water discharge, and produced water from ...