Researchers have found that a novel metallic crystal displays unusual electronic behavior on its surface, thanks to the crystal's unique atomic structure. Their findings open up the possibility of ...

In groundbreaking materials research, a team has made a discovery that blends the best of two sought-after qualities for touchscreens and smart windows -- transparency and conductivity. In ...

THE three principal crystal structures of the metallic elements, the face-centred cubic (f.c.c), the body-centred cubic (b.c.c.) and the hexagonal close-packed (h.c.p.), follow a cyclic pattern as sub ...

When a liquid metal cools and turns into a solid, its atoms come together to form crystals. The structure of these crystals is not perfect. Sometimes an extra layer of atoms squeezes between other ...

Study: Observing growth of metallic crystals inside liquid metal solvents. Gallium in a petri dish. Image Credit: Philip Ritchie/The University of Sydney Researchers at the University of Sydney have ...

A multinational team of researchers, co-led by a City University of Hong Kong (CityU) physicist, has found that a novel metallic crystal displays unusual electronic behaviour on its surface, thanks to ...