It turns out the secret to creating next-generation materials may lie in the hidden steps of the cooking process itself.
A collaboration between the University of Warwick and the University of Birmingham has led to the identification of a method to uncover hidden material phases by tracking the transformation of molecular precursors during heating.
Published in Nature Communications, the study shifts the focus from final products to the intermediate stages of synthesis.
It has unlocked a secret doorway into materials science by studying the hidden intermediate stages that occur during chemical heating. These fleeting phases, which usually vanish before the final product is formed, offer unique properties and structures that are impossible to create using standard methods.
To read more, click here.