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Layered superionic conductor hosts atomic vibrations that behave like liquids, glasses and crystals
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Scientists from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have directly observed liquid-like, glass-like and crystal-like phonon behaviors coexisting in a crystalline solid—the layered superionic conductor AgCrSe₂.
Scientists from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have directly observed liquid-like, glass-like and crystal-like phonon behaviors coexisting in a crystalline solid—the layered superionic conductor AgCrSe₂.
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