Researchers have found special atomic patterns called quasicrystals in 3D-printed aluminum alloys. Quasicrystals increase the strength of 3D-printed aluminum, the researchers discovered, making it ...

Scientists have discovered a rare and powerful crystal hidden inside a 3D-printed aluminum alloy. This unusual crystal, ...

Electron microscope image of the aluminum alloy from the study. The light gray areas are sections of traditional crystals within the aluminum alloy, while the black dots are sections where NIST found ...

Researchers at the University of Nottingham's School of Chemistry used transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to observe the ...

lattice parameters and crystal symmetry. It would be a real pity to turn down the extraordinary opportunities offered by abberation-corrected electron microscopy because of an unfortunately common ...

In contrast, in Fe 3 Al consisting of common metals of iron and aluminum, the superelastic properties are caused not by the ...

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Much like the traditional scanning electron microscope (SEM), the field emission scanning electron microscope uses electrons to illuminate a sample, instead of visible light as is used in optical ...

Using an electron probe microanalyzer, we collected and visualized data on the concentration of thorium – a radioactive element, similar to uranium – in the crystal. Colors show the ...

The quasicrystals found in this study form the corners of 20-sided shape called an icosahedron. To prove that he found an icosahedron, Andrew Iams had ...