Water isn't just liquid, ice, or vapor — under extreme conditions, it can transform into exotic phases, such as the newly ...

Phase transitions and critical ... spectroscopy now reveals how these crystals melt at higher densities via an intermediate phase, where crystalline and liquid regions coexist.

His research interests center on determining the structure and electro-optic properties of liquid crystal materials, including bent-core and ferroelectric smectics and ferromagnetic colloids, and on ...

exact calculations involving the two-dimensional Ising model, solid-liquid transitions in systems of small molecules, thermodynamic integration methods and their applications to equilibrium solids and ...

The bottom sequence details the transition from random orientation (left ... such as the surfactant type and concentration, the liquid crystal-to-continuous phase ratio, and the emulsification ...

Additionally, the liquid crystal used in the reaction exhibited properties of the twisted-bend nematic phase -- a recently discovered phase that has been attracting considerable attention in ...

Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered a novel superconducting material by synthesizing a new transition metal zirconide with varying iron-to-nickel ratios. The study was ...