Researchers at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA published a step-by-step framework for determining the ...

When materials are compressed, their atoms are forced into unusual arrangements that do not normally exist under everyday ...

Researchers show that a modified crystalline nitride can suppress heat flow to near-amorphous levels, offering a new route to ...

A new computational framework maps 3D atomic positions in amorphous materials, achieving full accuracy for silica using ...

Solar cells, devices that convert sunlight into electricity, are helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, ...

For a long time, it was thought that amorphous solids do not selectively absorb light because of their disordered atomic structure. A new study disproves this theory and shows that amorphous solids ...

Persistence diagram obtained from the structure of amorphous silicon, examples of the local ring structures corresponding to each point in the diagram, and representative structures including atoms ...

Groups of atoms or molecules arranged in different ways can be approximated by a single squishy bead with some effective stiffness. Tokyo, Japan – Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have ...

Phonons are sound particles or quantized vibrations of atoms in solid materials. The Debye model, a theory introduced by physicist Peter Debye in 1912, describes the contribution of phonons to the ...

Yield stress fluids and amorphous materials are at the forefront of soft matter research, given their intriguing ability to behave both as solids and liquids. These materials remain rigid under low ...