A lab mistake led to self-forming spiral patterns on metal surfaces, revealing chemical-mechanical interactions.

Hundreds of regular patterns spontaneously emerge on a small germanium chip. A curiosity about tiny dots on a germanium wafer with metal films led to the discovery of intricate spiral patterns etched ...

image: A logarithmic spiral with a diameter of 500 μm, approximately half the diameter of a sewing needle. view more Credit: Yilin Wong Key takeaways Curiosity about a mistake that left tiny dots ...

Rather than a UFO or an ambiguous sign from a vengeful god, the spiral pattern is believed to have been caused by the launch of SpaceX's classified NROL-69 Mission. "On Monday, March 24 at 1:48 p ...

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On a whim, she looked at the dots under a microscope and couldn't believe her eyes. Beautiful spiral patterns had been etched into the germanium surface by a chemical reaction. Wong's curiosity ...

Curiosity about a mistake that left tiny dots on a germanium wafer with evaporated metal films led to the discovery of beautiful spiral patterns etched on the surface of the semiconductor by a ...