Glass was among the most expensive crafting materials before the invention of glassblowing techniques. An ancient recipe for making glass is as simple as annealing a molten mixture of silica sand and ...
Two-photon polymerization used to create structures of just a few hundred nanometers in size. Weaving intricate, microscopic patterns of crystal or glass is now possible thanks to engineers at Rice ...
The article discusses how increasing disorder in the atomic structure of materials influences macroscopic heat conduction — a critical property for heat-management technologies. The materials studied ...