News tagged with metal conductors
Pair claim they have turned hydrogen to metal
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many have tried, but none have succeeded. For at least a hundred years, scientists looking at hydrogen have scratched their chins when musing over the fact that it, as an alkali metal, by ...
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Researchers make graphene hybrid
Rice University researchers have found a way to stitch graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) into a two-dimensional quilt that offers new paths of exploration for materials scientists.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Magnetic Measurements Question Assumptions About High-Tc Superconductors
(PhysOrg.com) -- Conquering one of the biggest challenges in the study of high-temperature (high-Tc) superconductors, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have grown ...
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Terahertz Waves Are Effective Probes for IC Heat Barriers
(PhysOrg.com) -- By modifying a commonly used commercial infrared spectrometer to allow operation at long-wave terahertz frequencies, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology discovered ...
May 06, 2009 |
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Carbon nanotubes are superior to metals for electronics
In the quest to pack ever-smaller electronic devices more densely with integrated circuits, nanotechnology researchers keep running up against some unpleasant truths: higher current density induces electromigration ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 20, 2009 |
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Nano-twinned copper: Chinese-Danish scientists develop super strong nanometals
Research shows that it is possible to produce copper about 4 times stronger than commercial material - and doing so while also having a ductile material. As the thermal and electrical conductivity are also good, the manufacturing ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 04, 2009 |
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