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Allowing atoms to come and go can open the door to better materials modeling
- March 12, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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Most materials, especially metals and ceramics, are crystals. Their atoms are arranged in three-dimensional lattices that repeat the same exact pattern, over and over again. But there's a well-known saying in materials science: "Crystals are like people. It is the defects that tend to make them interesting."
Originally published at Phys.org