pyrochlore

[ pahy-ruh-klawr, -klohr ]

noun

1. a mineral, chiefly composed of niobates of the cerium metals, occurring in syenites in the form of brown crystals.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pyrochlore¹

From the German word Pyrochlor, dating back to 1820–30. See pyro-, chlor- ¹

Example Sentences

Their study describes the synthetic construction of a tiny, self-assembled crystal known as a "pyrochlore," which bears unique optical properties.

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The new methods were used to engineer the pyrochlore nanocrystal, a special type of lattice that could eventually function as an optical metamaterial, "a special type of material that only transmits certain wavelengths of light," Sulc says.

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Petr Šulc of Arizona State University and TUM presents a theoretical framework for designing diverse crystalline lattices from patchy colloids, and experimentally demonstrates the method by utilizing DNA origami building blocks to form a pyrochlore lattice, which potentially also could be used for photonic applications.

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One part copper, two parts vanadium and four parts sulfur, the alloy features a 3D pyrochlore lattice consisting of corner-sharing tetrahedra.

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Rice theoretical physicist and study co-corresponding author Qimiao Si, whose research group identified the copper-vanadium alloy and its pyrochlore crystal structure as being a possible host for combined frustration effects from geometry and strong electron interactions, likened the discovery to finding a new continent.

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