Then hundreds of thousands of plausible crystal structures are generated and the most stable are selected by their lattice energy, the energy that causes the crystal to bind. Lattice energy is the sum ...

When a crystal is hit by an intense ultrashort light pulse, its atomic structure is set in motion. A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ), the Technischen ...

A team of researchers has developed a novel method for using cholesteric liquid crystals in optical microcavities. The ...

For more than 100 years, scientists have been using X-ray crystallography to determine the structure of crystalline materials such as metals, rocks, and ceramics.

A new method in electron microscopy enables sub-20-picometer targeting of individual atoms without prior exposure, opening ...

New work could help in the development of materials that host exotic coherent quantum states under ambient conditions ...

Crystals are characterized by their highly ordered atomic arrangements, forming as repeated units in what’s known as a crystal lattice, creating those pointy faceted protrusions we humans love ...

In this lattice, which is named after a similar structure that appears in traditional Japanese baskets, electrons become confined with the hexagonal space between the triangles. However, while the ...