Condensed concepts

One of the many beauties of condensed matter physics is that it can reveal and illuminate how two systems or phenomena that at first appear ...

Crystals of large molecules exhibit diverse structures. In other words, the geometric arrangements of the molecules relative to one another ...

Recently I bought a small wire of NiTinol to have fun with and use in demonstrations to kids. This video gives a spectacular demonstration a...

Perfect crystals are elastic. When a stress is applied and then removed the crystal will bounce back to its original shape. However, in real...