A research team from the Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences, has unveiled an approach to improve irradiation resistance through high entropy crystalline and ...

The structure of amorphous silicon has been studied for decades. The two main theories are based on a continuous random network and on a ‘paracrystalline’ model, respectively—the latter defined as ...

Advancing hydrogen-based technologies requires detailed characterization of hydrogen chemical states in amorphous materials. As experimental probing of hydrogen is challenging, interpretation in ...

Solids come in two main structural types—crystalline, with orderly repeating patterns, and amorphous, with disordered arrangements. These structural differences shape their physical properties, from ...

Crystals -- from sugar and table salt to snowflakes and diamonds -- don't always grow in a straightforward way. Researchers have now captured this journey from amorphous blob to orderly structures. In ...

High-efficiency light manipulation inside transparent dielectric crystals is essential for next-generation integrated photonics. However, most existing photonic structures rely on two-dimensional ...

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 ...

AZoNano speaks to Dr. John Miao about his involvement in the breakthrough research that could rewrite our understanding of how substances are formed at an atomic level. Using an innovative atomic ...

This is a visual representation of the difference between an organized, crystalline structure and an amorphous glass structure. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of ...