Researchers Reveal Insights Into Liquid Metal Oxide Ceramic Structures

Researchers from State University of NY at Stony Brook, in collaboration with Oak Ridge and Argonne national laboratories, have unveiled new insights into the structure sof liquid metal oxides. The results, published in Physical Review Letters, show there is a "general trend towards lower metal and oxygen coordination in a wide range of oxide melts, suggesting that this behaviour is a widely occurring phenomenon," according to a press release. The results have wide ranging implications, including in the evolution of planetary bodies, nuclear meltdown scenarios, and glass formation.