Every crystal's shape is a mirror of the internal arrangement of its molecules, but the molecules in photoswitchable crystals ...

Minerals form the building blocks of almost everything on Earth. They are made up of crystals—regular, repeating atomic ...

Mineralogy and crystal structure analysis constitute a dynamic field that intertwines traditional observational methods with cutting‐edge computational and data‐driven techniques. This research area ...

Nanoscale electron transfer (ET) in solids is fundamental to the development of multifunctional materials. However, ET in solids is not yet clearly understood. Now, researchers achieved a direct ...

When minerals deform, their normally ordered crystal lattices develop linear imperfections known as dislocations. These are small breaks or shifts in the atomic arrangement that allow crystals to ...