This single layer is the precursor of the simple cubic (SC) unit cell. The lattice points are touching one another but not in the most efficient way. In other words, we are creating a lot of empty ...

GREIG 1 discovered that many metal oxide–silica systems exhibited liquid immiscibility at high temperatures. He found that the less siliceous liquid (as well as a range of adjacent compositions) ...

Even with the weight of worlds on its shoulders, diamond resolutely refuses to buckle under the pressure. Thanks to the highest-pressure X-ray diffraction experiments ever reported, researchers have ...