Tkachenko and Zaliznyak (IMAGE) DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory Caption gor Zaliznyak, a physicist in Brookhaven Lab's Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Division (right), led a team of scientists including Alexei Tkachenko of the Lab's Center for Functional Nanomaterials (left) to decipher the mechanism underlying scandium fluoride's ability to shrink upon heating. Credit Brookhaven National Laboratory Usage Restrictions OK for use with stories about this research License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.