The delicate internal structure of platinum crystals growing in liquid metal has been revealed, according to new research employing a powerful X-ray technique that reveals new implications for quantum computing.

UNSW Professor Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh, with the University of New South Wales (UNSW), led the study, which was reported in a recent paper in Nature Communications. The team behind the project has a history of specializing in exploiting liquid metals to produce new materials and green catalysts that improve industrial chemical reactions.