From electric vehicles to wireless earbuds, traditional lithium-ion batteries power our daily lives as they charge fast and store plenty of energy. However, they rely on a solution known as liquid ...

The research is published in the journal Advanced Science. The research team has ... opened up a new area of research in the field of solid-state lubricants. Now they want to further improve ...

The particles of a solid are very close together. It melts when it changes from the solid state to the liquid state. The same mass of liquid will have slightly greater volume than the solid.

In this loose state, the particles move in clusters ... The theory and simulations of the Konstanz research teams apply to, for example, molecular solids at a temperature close to absolute zero ...