Crystalline materials news, November 2016

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Data mining uncovers novel metastable materials

Using a database of materials, scientists have quantified the thermodynamic scale of metastability for almost 30,000 known materials.

30 November 2016

Using a novel nanomechanical platform, scientists have discovered that the 2D material molybdenum diselenide is far more brittle than graphene.

18 November 2016

Fluctuations in the amount of a particular precursor in a two-dimensional alloy can influence the ordering of the atoms of the other components.

11 November 2016

Scientists have used a laser-heating technique to fabricate a new class of crystalline solid known as a rotating lattice single crystal.

10 November 2016

Researchers have smashed silver microcubes at high speeds to see how deforming their crystalline structures could make them stronger and tougher.

8 November 2016

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4 November 2016

High pressures applied by a novel nanocrystalline-diamond anvil could lead to the creation of as yet unknown new materials.

3 November 2016

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1 November 2016

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Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages 60–78Yang Xu, Min Zhou, Yong Lei

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Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages 45–46Robert C. Pullar, Rui M. Novais

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