Scientists call that a “low-symmetry” state. Traditional liquid crystals, however, don’t display those kinds of complex structures. The most common liquid crystals, for example, are made up of tiny ...

Their “swimmers” consisted of a sample of platinum atoms covered in a salty solution, or adatoms, because they were sitting on mineral crystals. Once it was in the liquid graphene, the solid ...

This is the so-called entropy catastrophe. This critical temperature, where a superheated solid and a liquid have the same ...

To perform their experiments, the researchers poured thousands of writhing fire ants into a rheometer—a device used to measure the flow of liquids or slurries (semiliquid mixtures, such as ...

"The material is mechanically a solid but with a liquid-like disordered structure." To reach equilibrium, the glass would need to "relax" back toward a liquid state.

a, The sample is clamped and stretched in the x -direction. b, Example images of ionic-liquid droplets in a soft, silicone solid E = 1.7 kPa. Larger droplets deform more at the same applied strain.

Solid (and Liquid) Measuring Tips December 21, 2005 More than 19 years ago Summary By Robert L. Wolke ...