Bismuth, a puzzling material in quantum research, has now revealed a surprising twist. Kobe University scientists discovered that its surface properties can obscure its true nature, challenging a ...

In a study published in Nature Materials, scientists from the University of California, Irvine describe a new method to make very thin crystals of the element bismuth—a process that may aid the ...

Kobe University research has now revealed that the true nature of bismuth was masked ... prove that the relaxation of the surface of bismuth crystals leads to the material appearing to be ...

New research explains previous contradictory observations in terms of “topological blocking”, which may occur in other ...

Nevertheless, Fuseya, Kapitulnik and several collaborators began to simulate bismuth crystal growth using Turing’s equations. After three years, they ended up with a simulated pattern, published last ...

SINGLE crystals of bismuth are stated by many authors 1 to exhibit mechanical twinning on the planes of type (110). The twinned part has the form of a thin lamella parallel to the twinning plane.

Mother Nature took eons to craft the beautiful ... Welcome to the world of bismuth crystals. Bismuth is a naturally occurring metal with some remarkable properties. It’s the most naturally ...