Probing the vibration of atoms provides detailed information on local structure and bonding that define material properties.

Scientists in Germany have shed light on how nanoscale imaging techniques like tip-enhanced Raman ...

The positions of all the atoms in a sample of a metallic glass have been measured experimentally — fulfilling a decades-old dream for glass scientists, and raising the prospect of fresh insight into ...

New first-principles simulations reveal how metallic surfaces reshape nanoscale vibrational imaging, advancing the interpretation of tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.

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Researchers have uncovered how atoms subtly rearrange themselves for up to a trillionth of a second before releasing ...

An algorithm designed to find the most efficient path from atom to atom in a bizarre kind of crystal turns out to produce incredibly intricate mazes. As well as making mazes, the technique could help ...

“For two years, I was looking at flat lines,” physicist Sebastian Pedalino recalled of a stubborn detector that refused to ...