News tagged with metal surfaces
Researchers see exotic force for first time
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, researchers have measured a long-theorized force that operates at distances so tiny they’re measured in billionths of a meter, which may have important applications in ...
Jan 07, 2009 |
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Bend breakthrough sends light around a corner
(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian National University scientists have successfully bent light beams around an object on a two dimensional metal surface, opening the door to faster and cheaper computer chips working ...
Aug 12, 2011 |
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Shape-changing liquid metal antenna could lead to responsive electronic devices
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have fabricated a fluidic antenna that can change its shape, and therefore the frequency at which it resonates, in response to pressure in a controlled and predictable manner. ...
Jul 21, 2011 |
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Metal oxide 'can transform'
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team including Oxford University scientists has been investigating what happens to the top layer of atoms on the surface of a material that splits water and has potential uses in nanoelectronics.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 15, 2010 |
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Going plasmonic in search of faster computing, communications
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of European researchers has demonstrated some of the first commercially viable plasmonic devices, paving the way for a new era of high-speed communications and computing in which electronic ...
Oct 16, 2009 |
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Graphene is thinnest known anti-corrosion coating
New research has established the "miracle material" called graphene as the world's thinnest known coating for protecting metals against corrosion. Their study on this potential new use of graphene appears ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 22, 2012 |
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World's first magnetic soap produced
Scientists from the University of Bristol have developed a soap, composed of iron rich salts dissolved in water, that responds to a magnetic field when placed in solution. The soap's magnetic properties were ...
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Scientists discover new principle in material science
(PhysOrg.com) -- Materials scientists have known that a metal's strength (or weakness) is governed by dislocation interactions, a messy exchange of intersecting fault lines that move or ripple within metallic ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 07, 2010 |
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Fool's gold may prove an unlikely alternative to overexploited catalytic materials
Catalytic materials, which lower the energy barriers for chemical reactions, are used in everything from the commercial production of chemicals to catalytic converters in car engines. However, with current catalytic materials ...
Feb 10, 2012 |
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Lasers put a shine on metals
(PhysOrg.com) -- Polishing metal surfaces is a demanding but monotonous task, and it is difficult to find qualified young specialists. Polishing machines do not represent an adequate alternative because they ...
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Novel plasmonic material may merge photonic and electronic technologies
Helping bridge the gap between photonics and electronics, researchers from Purdue University have coaxed a thin film of titanium nitride into transporting plasmons, tiny electron excitations coupled to light ...
Mar 27, 2012 |
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The smallest conceivable switch: Targeted proton transfer within a molecule
For a long time miniaturization has been the magic word in electronics. Dr. Willi Auwaerter and Professor Johannes Barth, together with their team of physicists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM), ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Novel filter metal-organic framework material could cut natural gas refining costs
A new type of hybrid material developed at the University of California, Berkeley, could help oil and chemical companies save energy and money – and lower their environmental impacts – by eliminating ...
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Russia's Mars probe will crash to Earth in January
A Russian spacecraft bound for a moon of Mars and stuck in Earth's orbit will come crashing back next month, but its toxic fuel and radioactive material on board will pose no danger of contamination, the Russian ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Bending light the 'wrong' way
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have tried this with sophisticated meta-materials, but at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) it has now been done with simple metals; materials with a negative refractive ...
Aug 18, 2011 |
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