Browse Physics

Quantum calculations are a valuable predictive tool for designing better alloys.

Fluidlike folding instabilities of solid surfaces complicate the machining of metals to perfection

Numerical simulations are revealing general properties of jammed states of matter.

A new self-assembly process creates nanowires of germanium without the metal catalyst required in earlier experiments.

Single-molecule microscopy reveals the nature of the chemical bonds between a large organic molecule and a metallic surface.

Atomic simulations of aluminum show how charge transfer from surface impurities can accelerate the growth of a crack tip.

A new model for DNA-covered nanoparticles predicts their stable crystal structures and may one day help in finding the optimal building blocks for self-assembling materials.