Nanowerk May 1, 2018
A team of researchers in the US (NERL, University of Colorado, University of Connecticut, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) mixed high-density forms of manganese selenide and manganese telluride that have different crystal structures by sputtering in which fine sprays of atoms were freed from the surfaces of both starting materials and deposited as a thin film on a hot surface, where the new alloy crystallized and grew. The new alloy had the crystal structure of yet another mineral, wurtzite. Finding new routes to synthesize materials that nature cannot make would catalyze progress towards next-generation technologies… read more. Open Access TECHNICAL ARTICLE
The new alloy also has much different properties than either of its parents.