When a metal cools and is transitioning from liquid to solid, its atoms come together to form tiny grains, or crystals. Even though the crystalline structure does not continue from crystal to ...

Researchers at New York University have devised a mathematical approach to predict the structures of crystals—a critical step ...

Researchers have devised a mathematical approach to predict the structures of crystals -- a critical step in developing many medicines and electronic devices -- in a matter of hours using only a ...

Aluminum is a metal in group IIIA of the periodic table with atomic ... At room temperature Aluminum has the face-centered-cubic crystal structure with a basis of one Ni atom. The fcc unit cell is ...

It is known that the properties of metals, including precious metals, are enhanced by grain refinement. In recent years, ...