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Truth Is Stranger Than Science: Discovering true properties of metal oxides

(PhysOrg.com) -- To successfully compete in a global marketplace, manufacturers continually search for better materials: faster drying and less hazardous paint, longer-lasting sunscreen, and faster computers. ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2




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First astronauts' spacesuits were a marvel in their day

If it hadn't been for Akron ingenuity, astronaut John Glenn might have had to circle the planet in his skivvies.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Emerging new properties at oxide interfaces

In many ionic materials, including the oxides, surfaces created along specific directions can become electrically charged. By the same token, such electronic charging, or 'polarisation', can also occur at the interface of ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Perspective article examines conductivity at the LaAlO3 and SrTiO3 (001) interface

(PhysOrg.com) -- Complex oxides have the potential to inject new functionalities into technologies that require semiconductors.  The correlated behavior of itinerant electrons in these materials sets complex oxides apart ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Post-silicon computing

Could Pittsburgh be the nation's next "Strontium Valley"? The University of Pittsburgh is the lead institution on a $1.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation and the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI) ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Neutron analysis reveals unique atom-scale behavior of 'cobalt blue'

Neutron scattering studies of "cobalt blue," a compound prized by artists for its lustrous blue hue, are revealing unique magnetic characteristics that could answer questions about mysterious properties in ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Novel magnetic, superconducting material opens new possibilities in electronics

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have reached a crucial milestone that could lead to a new class of materials with useful electronic properties. In research reported in the Sept. 5 issue of Nature Physics, the te ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Sep 05, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Complex oxide interfaces are more complex than previously thought

Using experimental resources at EMSL, scientists from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and University College London have shown that intermixing occurs at the interface of two perovskites – l ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Toward faster transistors: New physical phenomenon could lead to increases in computers' clock speed

In the 1980s and ’90s, competition in the computer industry was all about "clock speed" — how many megahertz, and ultimately gigahertz, a chip could boast. But clock speeds stalled out almost 10 ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 13, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Researchers create super-small transistor, artificial atom powered by single electrons

A University of Pittsburgh-led team has created a single-electron transistor that provides a building block for new, more powerful computer memories, advanced electronic materials, and the basic components ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Team develops nanoscale light sensor compatible with 'Etch-a-Sketch' nanoelectronic platform

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Pittsburgh researchers have created a nanoscale light sensor that can be combined with near-atomic-size electronic circuitry to produce hybrid optic and electronic devices with ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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