A 40-atom gold nanocluster breaks from gold's signature dense packing, forming square atomic planes with a central channel that accelerates electron relaxation about 80x.

Like normal glass, metallic glasses lack long-range order. But experiments and simulations show that, on the nanoscale, clusters of atoms interconnect in these materials to form highly structured ...

An international collaboration involving Hokkaido University's high-voltage electron microscope has solved a puzzle about the atomic structure of metallic glasses that has baffled scientists for four ...

As aforementioned, deep eutectic points in binary and ternary alloy systems have been widely used as an indication for seeking good glass formers. However, it is impossible to represent more than ...

Material engineers and scientists have long wanted to understand the atomic structures of amorphous solids such as glass, rubber and plastics more fully. Unlike the structures of crystalline materials ...

A new method uncovers a four-decade mystery about metallic glass that could allow researchers to fine-tune its properties to develop new materials. An international collaboration involving Hokkaido ...