News tagged with electrical conductor
New transparent insulating film could enable energy-efficient displays
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Johns Hopkins materials scientists have found a new use for a chemical compound that has traditionally been viewed as an electrical conductor, a substance that allows electricity to flow through it. By orienting ...
INL scientist is harnessing the power of plasma
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Most schoolchildren learn that everything in the universe is a solid, a liquid or a gas. But those lessons miss the fourth and by far most common state of matter: plasma.
Nanotubes weigh the atom
Jun 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- How can you weigh a single atom? European researchers have built an exquisite new device that can do just that. It may ultimately allow scientists to study the progress of chemical reactions, ...
Engineers hit pay dirt with clay mixture
Apr 14, 2009 |
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A watery, mud-like substance has hit pay dirt for Case Western Reserve University engineering professor David Schiraldi and his research group.
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Shear Ingenuity: Tweaking the Conductivity of Nanotube Composites
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 06, 2008 |
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One of the immediate applications of carbon nanotubes (CNT) is as an additive to polymers to create electrically conducting plastics—a relatively low CNT concentration can dramatically change the polymer‘s ...
Contact Through Silver Particles in Ink
May 06, 2008 |
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Modern cars are full of sensors. The optimum quantity of air in the intake tract of a combustion engine is regulated by thermoelectric flow sensors, for instance. They measure which quantities of a gas or ...
New stretchable electrodes created to study stresses on cardiac cells
Jan 22, 2009 |
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Engineers at Purdue and Stanford universities have created stretchable electrodes to study how cardiac muscle cells, neurons and other cells react to mechanical stresses from heart attacks, traumatic brain ...
New property found in ancient mineral lodestone
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 17, 2007 |
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Using the latest methods for nanofabrication, a team led by Rice University physicists has discovered a surprising new electronic property in one of the earliest-known and most-studied magnetic minerals on Earth -- lodestone, ...
Electronics from the printer
Jan 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic systems designed to perform simple functions, such as monitor the temperature on a yogurt pot, mustn’t cost much: This is where printed electronics are at an advantage. Researchers ...
Making Nanowires More Electrically Stable
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It's widely predicted that future electronics will largely depend on something really small -- nanomaterials used for building nanoelectronics. A key component of these tiny circuits is stable nanowires that ...
Memory in artificial atoms
Apr 07, 2008 |
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Nanophysicists have made a discovery that can change the way we store data on our computers. This means that in the future we can store data much faster, and more accurate. Their discovery has been published in the scientific ...
Graphene oxide paper could spawn a new class of materials
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 25, 2007 |
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Nearly 2,000 years ago, the discovery of paper revolutionized human communication. Now researchers at Northwestern University have fabricated a new type of paper that they hope will create a revolution of its own -- and while ...
Semiconductor giant Infineon upgrades outlook
Nov 19, 2009 |
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German semi-conductor maker Infineon on Thursday upgraded its turnover and profits forecast over the next 12 months because of higher demand from the auto industry and cost cuts.
Mixed conductor ceria proven as excellent catalyst for fuel cell anodes
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Feb 22, 2006 |
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Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have discovered that ceria (or cerium dioxide) is an excellent catalyst for fuel cell anodes. This discovery was made through careful electrochemical characterization ...
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