The inside of giant planets can reach pressures more than one million times the Earth's atmosphere. As a result of that intense pressure, materials can adopt unexpected structures and properties.

The structure of gold nanoparticles has been largely unknown for over a decade. The current study helps to understand the stability, composition as well as electronic, chemical and optical properties ...

New nanoscale blueprints for low-energy, stable gold nanoclusters could help develop new cancer drugs or mitigate carbon monoxide emissions. Arranging gold, atomic staples and electron volts, chemists ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill., March 13 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have developed a technique that can characterize the atomic structure of gold and other nanocrystalline materials. "Without the necessary structural ...