Surface treatment by oxidizing the plates can alter the response of protein crystallization

The surface treatment of protein crystallization plates can increase the likelihood of obtaining protein crystals in an inexpensive and convenient manner.

Metastable adaptive orthorhombic martensite in zirconia nanoparticles

Owing to the constraint of the twinning interface in tetragonal zirconia nanoparticles, the martensitic transformation induces an adaptive Pbca orthorhombic phase before finally transforming to the monoclinic phase.