Structure of solids and liquids is the study of the physical properties of matter in which there is a non-negligible interaction between the constituent atoms or molecules. While the atoms or ...

A solid is held together by the bonds between its atoms; why does it fracture under a stress that is insufficient to break the bonds? The answer lies in imperfections in the orderly arrangement of ...

The quantum properties of solid states are a notoriously thorny ... metamaterial – consisting of 16 small cubes, or "acoustic atoms" – with openings to place speakers or microphones.