For more than a century, schoolbook physics has divided matter into neat categories like solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. A ...

The melting of materials seems like a simple phenomenon. However, when their thickness is reduced to just a few atoms, ...

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Scientists unveil a solid electrolyte that moves lithium as fast as liquids, promising safer, fast-charging batteries.

Peritectic solidification involves the nucleation and growth of the primary phase, the peritectic reaction of the primary phase with the remnant liquid phase, and the microstructural evolution of the ...