Weird science: Crystals melt when they're cooled
Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 07:30
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) —Growing thin films out of nanoparticles in ordered, crystalline sheets, to make anything from microelectronic components to solar cells, would be a boon for materials researchers, but the physics is tricky because particles of that size don't form crystals the way individual atoms do.