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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Crystal nucleation and growth in high-entropy alloys revealed by atomic electron tomography

Yakun Yuan, Saman Moniri, Yao Yang +8

High-entropy alloys (HEAs) balance mixing entropy and intermetallic phase formation enthalpy, creating a vast compositional space for structural and functional materials (1-6). The…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Three-dimensional imaging of individual carbon atoms

Na Yeon Kim, Hanfeng Zhong, Jianhua Zhang +13

Carbon is fundamental to science and technology due to its diverse bonding configurations, structural versatility, and essential role in defining the mechanical, chemical, electron…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 39 cited

Capturing 3D atomic defects and phonon localization at the 2D heterostructure interface

Xuezeng Tian, Xingxu Yan, Georgios Varnavides +9

The 3D local atomic structures and crystal defects at the interfaces of heterostructures control their electronic, magnetic, optical, catalytic and topological quantum properties,…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020

Direct observation of 3D atomic packing in monatomic amorphous materials

Yakun Yuan, Dennis S. Kim, Jihan Zhou +10

Liquids and solids are two fundamental states of matter. However, due to the lack of direct experimental determination, our understanding of the 3D atomic structure of liquids and…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 3 cited

Correlating 3D atomic defects and electronic properties of 2D materials with picometer precision

Xuezeng Tian, Dennis S. Kim, Shize Yang +10

The exceptional electronic, optical and chemical properties of two-dimensional materials strongly depend on the 3D atomic structure and crystal defects. Using Re-doped MoS2 as a mo…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 1 cited

Capturing Nucleation at 4D Atomic Resolution

Jihan Zhou, Yongsoo Yang, Yao Yang +12

Nucleation plays a critical role in many physical and biological phenomena ranging from crystallization, melting and evaporation to the formation of clouds and the initiation of ne…