Scientists have discovered the mechanism involved when transition metal dichalcogenides on metallic substrates transform from the semiconducting 1H-phase to the quasi-metallic 1T'-phase.

As the number of particles in a physical system increases, its properties can change and different phase transitions (i.e., shifts into different phases of matter) can take place. Microscopic systems ...

Discover how real-time monitoring and AI improve alloy heat treatment by optimizing phase transformations, reducing waste, and enhancing manufacturing.

Some of these, like phase-change memory and Intel's Optane, have even made it to market. But, so far at least, issues with price and capacity have kept them from widespread adoption.

Phase transitions within the first class of phases involve a change in symmetry, whereas those between topological phases require a change in topological order. However, in rare cases, transitions may ...

Schematic of the MAPbBr3 microcavity and characterization. Credit: Advanced Science (2025). DOI: 10.1002/advs.202417596 ...

After decades of looking, researchers have seen a string of atoms go through a 1D phase change so elusive that it could only happen inside a quantum simulator. “One motivation [for our ...

In 2003, scientists observed in a lab a novel type of phase change in minerals -- a spin change in iron in ferropericlase, the second most abundant component of the Earth's lower mantle.