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Layered superionic conductor hosts atomic vibrations that behave like liquids, glasses and crystals

Scientists from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have directly observed liquid-like, glass-like and crystal-like phonon behaviors coexisting in a crystalline solid—the layered superionic conductor AgCrSe₂.

Layered superionic conductor hosts atomic vibrations that behave like liquids, glasses and crystals
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Scientists from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have directly observed liquid-like, glass-like and crystal-like phonon behaviors coexisting in a crystalline solid—the layered superionic conductor AgCrSe₂.

Originally published at Phys.org

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