All Crystals articles
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OpinionLetters: October 2024
Readers celebrate an MSc course, manufacturing and multi-dimensional space
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ResearchAmorphous clusters across a vast range of sizes found to affect crystal nucleation
The clusters provide sites for nucleation, which contradicts classical nucleation theory
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ResearchFirst single crystal structure of actinium shows unexpected coordination behaviour
Work will aid novel anti-cancer therapy development and even add to debate of where the element sits on the periodic table
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ResearchAI trained on photos of salt ‘stains’ can predict their chemical composition
Imaging could become a simple way to identify inorganic salt crystals on other planets
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OpinionHeated crystals jump to enantiomeric separation
Chiral asparagine monohydrate crystals can segregate by handedness – if you arrange them carefully first
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ResearchCrystalline cages create unusual ‘touchless’ sensors
Researchers connect chemistry and engineering to create touch-free buttons based on the detection of the skin’s water
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ResearchMolecular crystal motors completely powered by light
Chemists in Saudi Arabia and the US have created tiny machines made from crystallised molecules that continuously move when exposed to light
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ResearchKinky findings drive crystal growth paradigm shift claim
How molecules attach chemically at surfaces can be more important than how strongly solvents bind them in determining growth rate
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ResearchModel solves mystery of unique chemical garden growth
Beautiful inorganic crystal formations modelled in step that could inform understanding of self-healing materials or even the origins of life
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ResearchCrystal structure prediction tool a ‘significant and thought-provoking advance’
Algorithm needs just the chemical formula to find the ground state of a crystalline compound
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ResearchFirst synthesis of aza-triangulene in solution
Chemists synthesised and isolated unstable species and its cation in crystalline form
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ResearchComputational study predicts new high-pressure polymorph of Roy
Conformational energy-corrected DFT combined with crystal structure prediction leads to first crystal energy landscape for Roy that agrees with experimental evidence
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ResearchThe diamond family welcomes its newest member – paracrystalline diamond
Amorphous diamond with pockets of natural diamond makes theoretical paracrystals a reality
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ResearchGiant crystal lattice is mesoporous but not a MOF
Non-covalent network has the largest unit cell among non-MOFs
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ResearchBest sighting yet of exotic crystals composed entirely of electrons
2D materials used to stabilise Wigner crystals
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ResearchFast-acting insecticide polymorph could boost malaria-control efforts
Recrystallised deltamethrin accelerates uptake in mosquitoes
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ResearchNanotubes enable first atomic-scale observation of nucleation’s baby steps
Single-walled carbon nanotubes and transmission electron microscope used to watch tiny metal crystals form in real time
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ResearchRed–orange–yellow reclaims polymorph record with help from molecular cousin
Mixed crystal seeding with molecular mimic yields two new Roy polymorphs, making it (again) the compound with the most crystal structures
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ResearchFirst colour-changing crystal glow could make for safer banknotes
New type of blue-to-orange luminescence discovered in organic material