Wednesday, June 16, 2010

NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF MATERIALS


From Materials Today

Materials in Focus
A single molecule constitutes the ultimate nanometer-scale object through which electronic transport can take place. A research team has now showed how magnetism and quantum many-body phenomena can be tuned by precise mechanical manipulation of single molecules. They investigated the magnetic states of individual spin = 1 molecules placed between two electrodes in a metal break junction. By stretching the electrodes, they explored the resulting symmetry-breaking effects of this mechanical action on the conduction properties through the molecule, focusing on magnetic anisotropy. [Science]


Thursday, June 3, 2010

Materials Today News - 25 May 2010


Biomaterials

Self powered sensors 
Just 700 rows of piezoelectric nanowires could power a nanoscopic sensor, according to new research at the Georgia Institute of Technology. ... More

Carbon

Graphene at home with defects 
A team of researchers at the University of South Florida (USF) created a new defect that just might be a solution to a growing challenge in the development of future electronic devices. [Lahiri et al., Nature Nanotech., (2010), doi:10.1038/nnano.2010.53 Letter.]... More
Graphene sees the light 
Researchers at IBM have made the first photodetector from graphene. ... More

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