Researchers decode the complex ordering of fluorine atoms in lead titanium oxyfluoride using computational and experimental techniques. A variety of material properties can be realized by a composite ...

Unlike its neighbours on the right-hand side of the periodic table, boron barely forms an anion. A new trick has been established that allows it to do so, enabling a highly unusual complex to be ...

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Ishikawa, Japan-- Solid-state materials are widely used in semiconductors, phosphors, and batteries, and have become an indispensable part of modern life. Substitution of elements in these complex ...