Our work on the discovery of the new Zigzag Intermetallic Phases (ZIP phases) has received an outstanding response from the scientific community on ResearchGate — it is currently featured as the most-read paper of the past 30 days!
The ZIP phases (short for zigzag intermetallic compounds) are a completely new family of materials with a remarkable feature — they can arrange their atoms in two very different ways, either like a FCC or in a layered hexagonal pattern. We succeeded in creating these materials in the lab using advanced processing methods, and early studies show that they combine metallic and ceramic-like behaviors in unusual ways. Even more exciting, the layered versions of ZIP phases resemble the well-known MAX phases, which gave rise to the 2D wonder materials called MXenes. This raises the possibility that ZIP phases could also lead to new kinds of 2D materials with unique properties.
📄 A New Family of Ternary Intermetallic Compounds with Dualistic Atomic Ordering – The ZIP Phases
Matheus A. Tunes, et al. Advanced Materials, 2025 – Read the article here
Materials at Extremes 
That’s a tremendous success. Congratulations once again on this wonderful paper.
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