Researchers have solved a mystery that has confounded scientists for 80 years: the crystal structure of the ...

How bees, beer cans and big data all solve the same problem: not enough space. By Steven Strogatz Photo illustrations by Jens Mortensen Each installment of “Math, Revealed” starts with an ...

An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun.

The elasticity at high pressure of solid hydrogen in hexagonal close-packed (hcp) phase I has been examined experimentally by laser acoustics technique in a diamond anvil cell, up to 55 GPa at 296 K, ...

Scientists use math to predict crystal structure in hours instead of months Date: November 15, 2024 Source: New York University Summary: Researchers have devised a mathematical approach to predict ...

Article citations More>> Zharkov, S., Zhigalov, V. and Frolov, G. (1996) A Hexagonal Close-Packed Phase in Nickel Films. The Physics of Metals and Metallography, 81, 328-330. has been cited by the ...

In the close-packing construction, there is a very unusual structure with irregularly spaced constituents known as the random stacking of two-dimensional hexagonal layers (RHCP). This structure was ...

In the close-packing construction, there is a very unusual structure with irregularly spaced constituents known as the random stacking of two-dimensional hexagonal layers (RHCP). This structure was ...

Abstract Most metals adopt simple structures such as body-centered cubic (BCC), face-centered cubic (FCC), and hexagonal close-packed (HCP) structures in specific groupings across the periodic table, ...

University of Delaware physicist Krzysztof Szalewicz, an expert in molecular behavior, has recently published a new, more reliable way to predict crystal structures.