Metastable Phase Synthesis Routes
New chemical and growth routes make previously inaccessible allotropes, molecules, nanocrystal families and immiscible or unconventional crystal phases synthesisable in usable form, expanding the palette of available materials.
Developed mainly in: United States and SwedenImpacting: North America, Europe and China
Chemists at the University of Chicago with Argonne National Laboratory, led by Dmitri Talapin and graduate student Ruiming Lin, reported in Nature a synthesis route producing roughly a dozen distinct metal nitride nanocrystals. Nitrides had resisted colloidal quantum-dot style preparation because of their bonding chemistry; the work extends nanocrystal libraries beyond cadmium- and lead-based semi…
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- Porous three-dimensional carbon allotrope diamondiyne made in laboratory for first time
Scienow · 15 Oct 2026
- Colloidal route yields a dozen metal nitride nanocrystal compositions for the first time
Mechanism · 4 Oct 2026
- Gas-phase route grows MXene nanosheets without hydrofluoric acid etching
Scienmag · 21 Sept 2026
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