Students will learn how to categorize matter as either pure substances or mixtures. Students will apply tests, based on physical properties of matter samples, to determine whether a mixture is ...

Scientists have long known the ins and outs of equilibrium thermodynamics. Systems in equilibrium—a stable state of unchanging balance—are governed by a neat set of rules, making them predictable and ...

Researchers demonstrate a high level of control over a type of colloid in which the suspended particles take the form of hollow, nanoscale cubes. This case has only previously been explored through ...

Highly purified crystals that split light with uncanny precision are key parts of high-powered lenses, specialized optics and, potentially, computers that manipulate light instead of electricity. But ...

Scientists devised a new approach that balances attractions between particles and promises to become a useful tool to create designer materials that can repair damage. Scientists devised a new ...

A team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of Chicago and the Argonne National Laboratory, has identified a new class of colloidal systems involving inorganic solvents—a discovery that ...

150 years of research and development have transformed colloidal silica from a scientific oddity to a mainstay of industrial manufacturing of products ranging from floor wax to jet engines Every child ...