Diverging and converging patterns forming on the surface of solidifying liquid metals resemble plotlines in a complex historical novel, in a new international study. The cyclic patterns observed are ...

During eutectic solidification, a mixture of two or more solids self-assemble, forming composite microstructures ranging from ...

A new paper in the journal Nature Synthesis presents the idea of a previously unidentified type of solidification pattern appearing on the surface of solidifying liquid metals. In the view of the team ...

The opening lines of the great Chinese historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms condense its complex and spectacular stories into a coherent pattern, that is, power blocs divide and unite ...