Phonons are sound particles or quantized vibrations of atoms in solid materials. The Debye model, a theory introduced by ...

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Vol. 286, No. 1404 (May 25, 1965), pp. 79-97 (19 pages) A method is propounded for describing the state of ...

Observing the behavior of the particles in the composite metals helps to understand the mechanism of losing its strength and ductility, which makes possible to design the composites metals with higher ...

Six pairs of atoms in the focus of a laser beam. (Courtesy: Jonas Ahlstedt/Lund University Bioimaging Centre (LBIC)) An ensemble of just six atoms displays all the signatures of a phase transition ...

Belgian scientists have used a particle physics theory to describe the behaviour of particle-like entities, referred to as excitons, in two layers of graphene, a one-carbon-atom-thick honeycomb ...

The size distribution of particles, which is essential for many properties of nanomaterials, is equally important for the mechanical behaviour of the class of alloys whose strength derives from a ...

One of the biggest mysteries in physics is why there's matter in the universe at all. This week, a group of physicists at the world's largest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider, might be closer ...

One of the biggest issues facing the solid-state lithium-based batteries we all depend upon is of the performance of the anode; the transport of lithium ions and minimization of dendrite formation are ...