News tagged with fermi surface

Physicists discover surprising variation in superconductors

(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT physicists have discovered that several high-temperature superconductors display patchwork quilt-like variations at the atomic scale, a surprising finding that could help scientists understand a new class ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Nano-sonar uses electrons to measure under the surface

Just as sonar sends out sound waves to explore the hidden depths of the ocean, electrons can be used by scanning tunnelling microscopes to investigate the well-hidden properties of the atomic lattice of metals. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1