Nature

Phase field modelling of hopper crystal growth in alloys

Here we use phase field to model and simulate “hopper” crystals, so named because of their underlying cubic structure but with a hopper-like depression on each of the six faces. Over the past three ...
Nature

Symmetry prediction and knowledge discovery from X-ray diffraction patterns using an interpretable machine learning approach

Determination of crystal system and space group in the initial stages of crystal structure analysis forms a bottleneck in material science workflow that often requires manual tuning. Herein we propose ...
EurekAlert!

Crystal Structure of Cubic Garnet-Type (IMAGE)

Fig. 1 shows crystal structure of cubic garnet-type Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO, left) and temperature dependence of ionic conductivity for Ba- and Ta-substituted LLZO with different compositions.
Phys.org

Crystallography-informed AI achieves high performance in predicting novel crystal structures

A research team from the Institute of Statistical Mathematics and Panasonic Holdings Corporation has developed a machine learning algorithm, ShotgunCSP, that enables fast and accurate prediction of ...
Forbes

Scientists Create Crystal Stronger Than Diamond

Currently, diamond is regarded to be one of the hardest and most scratch-resistant natural materials in the world. Most diamonds found in nature and often used in jewelry display a cubic crystal ...