crystalline

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First Solar’s technology doesn’t use crystalline silicon, commonly used in solar cells, and the company has said it isn’t dependen China’s solar supply chains.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

Fleshwater’s crystalline guitar leads and tidal currents of noise hit so much harder for the revving percussion, which moves with the dexterity of metal and hardcore.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

These included metals such as copper, noble gases under extreme pressure such as argon in crystalline state, and the complex solid-solid phase transition of tin.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

Best of all, it’s self-organizing: Under the right conditions, it automatically forms a regular, crystalline pattern.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Only in that way would it be possible to obtain a structure regular enough to give the crystalline diffraction patterns observed by Maurice and Rosy.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson