News tagged with electronic glue

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

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

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