Refractory ceramic liquids studied by containerless levitation and synchrotron X-ray scattering reveal an unusual density-driven liquid–liquid phase transition.
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McMillan, P. Levitating liquids. Nature Mater 7, 843–844 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2313
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