For more than a century, schoolbook physics has divided matter into neat categories like solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. A wave of recent experiments is now tearing at those boundaries, revealing ...

Lattice gas models provide a discrete framework for investigating phase transitions in statistical physics, where particles occupy the nodes of a lattice and interact according to specified rules.

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When ice melts into water, it happens quickly, with the transition from solid to liquid being immediate. However, very thin materials do not adhere to these rules. Instead, an unusual state between ...

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(a) Tetrahedral neopentyl molecules that differ only in the number of hydroxyl (–OH) groups. The –OH groups are shown in red (oxygen) and white (hydrogen). (b) Simplified phase diagram showing ...