Amorphous materials

New study runs rings around glass materials

By examining ring shapes in silica glass, researchers have uncovered details about the structural regularity hidden in glassy materials.

New ‘cooling glass’ blasts heat into space

Researchers have developed a microporous glass coating that can radiate away the heat from buildings into the depths of space.

New amorphous material produces some strong string

By fabricating their newly developed amorphous material as tiny strings, researchers have been able to demonstrate its exceptional strength.

Super-strength in the DNA of novel glass

Researchers have fabricated a pure form of glass and coated it with stramds of DNA to create a material that is both lightweight and stronger than steel.

Thermal avalanches make glasses more dynamic

Researchers have proposed a new theoretical framework, involving thermal avalanches, to explain dynamical heterogeneities in glass-forming liquids.

Jackfruit inspires impact resistant materials

impact-resistant materials inspired by the largest edible fruit on Earth, the jackfruit, show better performance

Glass-forming particles go all exotic

Using computer simulations of glass-forming particles, researchers have discovered a new type of exotic ordering that can influence glass formation.

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Atom probe reveals details of biomineralization

atom probe tomography reveals crucial organic-inorganic interfacial interactions during mineralization

Colloidal gels not like glass

Researchers have discovered how colloidal liquids transform into a gel and shown that it doesn't occur via glass formation.