Crystals, Volume 15, Issue 3

Dielectric capacitors with a high density of recoverable energy storage are extremely desirable for a variety of uses. However, these capacitors often exhibit lower breakdown strengths and energy efficiency compared to other materials, which poses si...

The shells of bivalved molluscs comprise, in general, few microstructures and very few textures. In the case of ostreoid oysters, a high diversity has been observed. The shells consist of columnar-prismatic, foliated, granular calcite and myostracal-...

Entropy engineering has been demonstrated to be an effective strategy to regulate the thermoelectric properties of materials. In this work, we report a series of single-phase cubic (La0.25Sr0.25Ba0.25Ca0.25)CoO3 (LSBC), (La0.25Nd0.25Sr0.25Ba0.25)CoO3...

This work investigates the stirring effect on p-Acetamidobenzoic Acid (p -AABA) crystal morphology through single crystal cultivation, crystal face growth rate, and nucleation supersaturation measurements, molecular simulation (MS), and computational...

This study investigates the interaction between thermochromic liquid crystal (TLC) inks and bacterial nanocellulose (BNC), emphasizing their compatibility for smart packaging applications. While the chiral nematic structure of TLC pigments dictates t...

This article discusses the preparation of twin free X-cut lithium niobate wafers using the diffusion method. The liquid electrode method was used to eliminate parasitic microdomains at dislocations. According to research, the Li-rich lithium niobate...

B30.2 domains, sometimes referred to as PRY/SPRY domains, were originally identified by sequence profiling methods at the gene level. The B30.2 domain comprises a concanavalin A-like fold consisting of two twisted seven-stranded anti-parallel β-...

The corrosion properties of 316L stainless steel (316L SS) alloy within molten NaCl-KCl salt were explored through a static immersion experiment carried out at 700 °C under Ar flow for 25, 50, 100, 200, and 400 h. The loss in weight of the corrod...

WC-Co cemented carbides, commonly known as hardmetals, are composite materials constituted by hard ceramic particles embedded in a ductile metal matrix. Due to their unique microstructural assemblage, these materials exhibit excellent combinations of...

High silicon and molybdenum (SiMo) ductile irons present a metallic matrix composed principally of ferrite with little volume fraction of pearlite and carbides. In this work, two SiMo ductile irons with similar levels of silicon, 0.3% Mo (DI-0.3Mo) a...