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Researchers measure crystal nucleation in supercooled atomic liquids
More information: Johannes Möller et al, Crystal Nucleation in Supercooled Atomic Liquids, Physical Review Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.206102 ...
The Terahertz Twist: Revolutionizing Crystal Chirality With Light
Researchers have discovered a method to induce chirality in non-chiral materials using terahertz light. This groundbreaking ...
Optics22d
Optical atomic clock achieves record accuracy redefining the second
For this purpose, this new ion crystal clock was compared with other optical clocks and a new accuracy record was achieved. The PTB researchers report their in Physical Review Letters. An undisturbed ...
Popular Mechanics28d
Scientists Held an Extreme Atomic Experiment—and Challenged the Notions of What’s Possible
Current atomic interferometers rely on nanomechanical membranes, but increased momentum transfer via crystal gratings could make interferometers even more sensitive. On September 14, 2015 ...
Princeton University10y
Silicon, Si
It melts at 1410 C. The electronic configuration of the silicon atom is: (Ne)(3s) 2 (3p) 2, and the atomic radius is 0.132 nm. Silicon has the diamond cubic crystal structure with a lattice parameter ...
GPS World9d
Microchip Technology unveils low-noise chip-scale atomic clock
The LN-CSAC combines a crystal oscillator and an atomic clock in a single device, offering a low-phase noise of 10 Hz < −120 dBc/Hz, an Allan Deviation (ADEV) stability of < 1E-11 at 1-second ...