Scientists studying a promising quantum material have stumbled upon a surprise: within its crystal structure, the material naturally forms one of the world's thinnest semiconductor junctions—a ...

Krzysztof Szalewicz, an expert in molecular behavior, and graduate student Rahul Nikhar explained a promising new approach to predicting the structure of crystals that could reduce the cost and ...

They discovered through neutron scattering experiments at BER II not only how the crystal structure changes, but also uncovered new magnetic phases. A team at HZB has carried out the first ...

In one dramatic example of the necessity of predicting crystal structures, scientists in the late 1990s discovered that capsules of the HIV drug ritonavir later transformed from the known crystal ...

"We found clear evidence at that time that it is a new ordered variant, but we were not able to elucidate the crystal structure,” explains study author Thomas Loerting. Thomas Loerting and his ...

The other way is to alter its crystal structure and makeup by heating, cooling and working it. Both let ferrous alloys be developed to meet a wide variety of design needs. Here’s a look at how ...

The first crystal structure of an alternative DNA shape from the insulin gene has been revealed by a UCL-led research team. DNA is widely accepted to be formed of two strands that wind around one ...

The prediction of crystal structures from first principles has been one of the grand challenges for computational methods in chemistry and materials science. The goal of being able to reliably predict ...