Crystalline Structures of Chaotic Carbides (IMAGE)

Duke University

Crystalline Structures of Chaotic Carbides

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The image on the left shows metallic elements forming large blocks of structures similar to each other, which does not yield a stable material. The elements in the image on the right, however, form many different structures all mixed together, yielding one of the new materials in the study.

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Kenneth Vecchio, UC San Diego

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