Most amorphous metals are alloys rather than pure metals. These materials have atoms of varying sizes in random arrangement in the solid. They exhibit a high viscosity in molten form which prevents ...

Understanding the formation of amorphous solids, such as glasses, colloids and granular materials, is a challenge. As with many long-standing problems, its description is deceptively simple ...

The noncrystalline, amorphous atomic structure of liquids and glasses is ... transition and deformation of noncrystalline materials. In crystalline solids, atoms bond together and are arranged in a ...

Materials such as polystyrene (PS), polycarbonate (PC), acrylics (PMMA), acrylonitrile-butadiene styrene (ABS) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) are said to be amorphous thermoplastics. This signifies that ...

There’s nothing like a refreshing sip of drink from an amorphous or non-crystalline solid However, what you are holding is one of the most unusual solids of them all. Glass is what is known as ...

Discover how Cassava Sciences Inc. secures a patent for innovative pharmaceutical compositions using crystalline and amorphous polymorphs, enhancing therapeutic efficacy.

Often overlooked, rechargeable batteries play an important part in contemporary life, powering small devices like smartphones ...

Researchers have developed a solid electrolyte that could be a suitable material for all-solid-state batteries. Solid electrolyte composed of nanoparticles embedded in an amorphous matrix shows high ...

In the outer reaches of the Solar System, beyond the ice giant Neptune, lies a ring of comets and dwarf planets known as the ...

An international research team headed by Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and the University of Siegen has ...

Osaka Metropolitan University researchers discovered this solid electrolyte, Na2.25TaCl4.75O1.25, which has the potential to ...