Nanoparticles of gallium deposited on a sapphire substrate, which are now shown to remain stable in a state of solid/liquid coexistence across a temperature window wider than 600 K, may prove useful for studying the properties of solid/liquid interfaces and in plasmonic or catalytic applications.
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Aguado, A. Neither solid nor liquid. Nature Mater 15, 931–933 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4702
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