Unlike in ice, these bonds are broken and re-formed on average 1 trillion times per second in liquid water, so that the water molecules can be packed closer together and move very quickly.

The little spheres represent water molecules. Molecules are in constant motion. The attractions water molecules have for each other keep them close together. They can move past each other, but their ...

Structure of solids and liquids is the study of the physical properties of matter in which there is a non-negligible interaction between the constituent atoms or molecules. While the atoms or ...

The top image illustrates the 3D framework of the structure housing the liquid crystal molecules, shown in blue and green. The bottom sequence details the transition from random orientation (left) to ...

A new geometrical analysis shows that there is some order in the disorderly arrangements of the molecules of a liquid. The method may lead to a general theory of the liquid state By J. D. Bernal ...

Glass might seem to be an ordinary material we encounter every day, but the physics at play inside are actually quite complex ...