In the tug-of-war between order and chaos within multielemental carbides, entropy eventually claims victory over enthalpy by ...

Configurational entropy quantifies the number of accessible molecular arrangements within a system and is a critical parameter in understanding thermodynamic properties, binding affinities and ...

Since their discovery at Drexel University in 2011, MXenes — a family of nanomaterials with unique properties of durability, ...

Two-dimensional nanomaterials only a few atoms thick are being pushed to new frontiers, with scientists synthesizing MXenes ...

High-entropy alloys, characterized by high-entropy, lattice distortion, sluggish diffusion, and the "cocktail" effect due to their multiple elements, are promising for various applications, including ...

"We find that epigenetic clocks based on the entropy of methylation states predict chronological age with similar accuracy as common approaches that are based on methylation levels of individual ...

A new class of 2D materials known as MXenes holds the key to next-generation applications, such as consumer electronics and ...

A NIMS research team has developed a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) featuring a tunnel barrier made of a high-entropy oxide ...

Scientists have taken a big step forward in the design of nanomaterials that could withstand some of the harshest conditions ...

Adding energy to a group of ultracold atoms should make them fly away from each other with many different energies, but ...

Polaritons are quasiparticles emerging from strong interactions between light particles (i.e., photons) and matter ...