News tagged with electronic glue

Unprecedented formation of a boron-boron covalent bond opens a new corner of chemistry

Boron-based chemical compounds rarely form simple structures. Boron is an electron-deficient element; and, as electrons are the glue that hold compounds together, this leads to some unusual bonding behavior. ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Superconductivity's third side unmasked

The debate over the mechanism that causes superconductivity in a class of materials called the pnictides has been settled by a research team from Japan and China. Superconductivity was discovered in the pnictides ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 42 | with audio podcast

New 'electronic glue' promises less expensive semiconductors

Researchers at the University of Chicago and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed an "electronic glue" that could accelerate advances in semiconductor-based technologies, including solar cells ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0