Metals are known to exhibit mechanical behaviour at the nanoscale different to bulk samples. This transition typically initiates at the micrometre scale, yet existing techniques to produce ...

Because of their unique properties, single-crystal materials often play an important role in creating novel products such as lasers and turbine blades. Single crystals are particularly interesting to ...

That nucleus is quickly grown into a single crystal. "We show that unwanted additional nucleation can be avoided by decreasing the volume of the heated region and growing the crystal by moving the ...