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Engineer Discovers Why Particles Like Flour Disperse on Liquids

Engineer Discovers Why Particles Like Flour Disperse on Liquids

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Even if you are not a cook, you might have wondered why a pinch of flour (or any small particles) thrown into a bowl of water will disperse in a dramatic fashion, radiating outward as if it ...


Right first time: Pioneering new methods of drug manufacture

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Engineers at the University of Leeds have developed a simple technology which can be used in existing chemical reactors to ensure "right first time" drug crystal formation.


Mysterious charge transport in self-assembled monolayer transistors unraveled

Mysterious charge transport in self-assembled monolayer transistors unraveled

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

An international team of researchers from the Netherlands, Russia and Austria discovered that monolayer coverage and channel length set the mobility in self-assembled monolayer field-effect transistors (SAMFETs). ...


Enabling graphene-based technology via chemical functionalization

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 17, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Graphene is an atomically thin sheet of carbon that has attracted significant attention due to its potential use in high-performance electronics, sensors and alternative energy devices such as solar cells. While the physics ...


Molecular Alignment Gives Monolayers the Edge in Bendable Semiconductor

Molecular Alignment Gives Monolayers the Edge in Bendable Semiconductor

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Reprogrammable product tags, bendable displays and flexible solar cells--the field of organic semiconductor research is advancing these possibilities toward reality. By layering hydrocarbon ...


Major step toward less energy loss in new electromagnetic materials

Major step toward less energy loss in new electromagnetic materials

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Uppsala University have managed for the first time to measure magnetic properties in new materials quantitatively with the help of electron microscopy - with unparalleled precision. ...