Melting an entire iceberg with a hot poker
Spotting phase changes triggered by impurities
09-May-2014 -
"What a curious feeling," says Alice in Lewis Carroll's tale, as she shrinks to a fraction of her size, and everything around her suddenly looks totally unfamiliar. Scientists too have to get used to these curious feelings when they examine matter on tiny scales and at low temperatures: all the ...
impurities
phase transitions