News tagged with diamond crystal
Quantum computing has applications in magnetic imaging
Quantum computing -- considered the powerhouse of computational tasks -- may have applications in areas outside of pure electronics, according to a University of Pittsburgh researcher and his collaborators.
Dec 19, 2011 |
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NIST polishes method for creating tiny diamond machines
(PhysOrg.com) -- Diamonds may be best known as a symbol of long-lasting love. But semiconductor makers are also hoping they'll pan out as key components of long-lasting micromachines if a new method developed ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 28, 2011 |
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Bragg reflectivity of X-rays: At the limit of the possible
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers utilizing high-brightness x-rays at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science’s Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory have demonstrated that synthetic, ...
Aug 23, 2011 |
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Under pressure, sodium and hydrogen could undergo a metamorphosis, emerging as a superconductor
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the search for superconductors, finding ways to compress hydrogen into a metal has been a point of focus ever since scientists predicted many years ago that electricity would flow, uninhibited, through ...
Jun 13, 2011 |
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World’s first diamond nanoelectromechanical switch
Japanese researchers have succeeded in the batch fabrication of suspended structures (cantilevers and bridges) of single crystal diamond for nano/micro electromechanical systems.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 24, 2010 |
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Made to order diamonds hold key to stunning laser discoveries
(PhysOrg.com) -- Diamond is best known for being a prized gem and the hardest cutting element available, but now thanks to research being carried out at Macquarie University it is also proving to be a super ...
Apr 22, 2010 |
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Meteorite yields carbon crystals harder than diamond
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two new types of ultra-hard carbon crystals have been found by researchers investigating the ureilite class Haverö meteorite that crashed to Earth in Finland in 1971. Ureilite meteorites are ...
Feb 03, 2010 |
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Diamonds May Be the Ultimate MRI Probe, Say Quantum Physicists
(PhysOrg.com) -- Diamonds, it has long been said, are a girl's best friend. But a research team including a physicist from the National Institute of Standards and Technology has recently found that the gems ...
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Diamonds are a laser's best friend
(PhysOrg.com) -- Tomorrow's lasers may come with a bit of bling, thanks to a new technology that uses man-made diamonds to enhance the power and capabilities of lasers. Researchers in Australia have now demonstrated the first ...
Sep 18, 2009 |
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Trading carats for nanometers - and defective diamonds for crystal clear microscopy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Large, perfect diamonds are precious to almost all of us but to some scientists, it is the defects that really matter. This is because defects can form nanoscopic color centers, which play ...
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Novel diamond-like films on board NASA satellite
(PhysOrg.com) -- Diamond-like carbon films created at Sandia National Laboratories are helping probe the far boundaries of the solar system as part of a NASA mission to study how the sun's solar wind interacts ...
Feb 16, 2009 |
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