Physics - 27 News by American Institute of Physics

Tip: You can further refine your news selection by departments, countries and industries.

Physics - 27 News by American Institute of Physics

Tip: You can further refine your news selection by departments, countries and industries.

image description

Modelling how fracturing metallic glass releases energy at the atomic level

20-Jul-2018 - Metallic glasses -- alloys lacking the crystalline structure normally found in metals -- are an exciting research target for tantalizing applications, including artificial joints and other medical implant devices. However, the difficulties associated with predicting how much energy these ...

physics alloys glass
image description

The culprit of some GaN defects could be nitrogen

04-Jul-2018 - As silicon-based semiconductors reach their performance limits, gallium nitride (GaN) is becoming the next go-to material to advance light-emitting diode (LED) technologies, high-frequency transistors and photovoltaic devices. Holding GaN back, however, is its high numbers of defects. This ...

physics gallium nitride nitrides
image description

THz spectroscopy could help Explain water's anomalies

29-Jun-2018 - Liquid water sustains life on earth, but its physical properties remain mysterious among scientific researchers. Recently, a team of Swiss researchers used existing THz spectroscopy techniques to measure liquid water's hydrogen bonding. Future efforts with this technique could one day help ...

physics density freezing

Course set to overcome mismatch between lab-designed nanomaterials and nature's complexity

18-Apr-2018 - Cells and the machinery they encase are soft matter -- shape-shifting multicomponent systems with an overwhelming richness of forms. But, these squishy packages are hard targets for potential therapeutic and diagnostic applications that exploit nanomaterials, from quantum dots that light up ...

physics biomaterials elasticity

Oxide and semiconductor combination builds new device potential

12-Jan-2018 - Insulating oxides are oxygen containing compounds that do not conduct electricity, but can sometimes form conductive interfaces when they're layered together precisely. The conducting electrons at the interface form a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) which boasts exotic quantum properties that ...

physics photonics gadolinium titanate

Hybrid electrolyte enhances supercapacitance in vertical graphene nanosheets

08-Dec-2017 - Supercapacitors can store more energy than and are preferable to batteries because they are able to charge faster, mainly due to the vertical graphene nanosheets (VGNs) that are larger and positioned closer together. VGNs are 3-D networks of carbon nanomaterial that grow in rows of vertical ...

physics batteries energy density
image description

Soft magnetic material characterizations get a harder look

15-Nov-2017 - In motors, generators and similar electric machines, the electrical current that powers them generates magnetic fields that magnetize some of the metallic components. Choosing the right magnetic material is crucial for designing efficient machines, so researchers from the Institute of Electrical ...

physics awards biology
image description

Deep-depletion: A new concept for MOSFETs

01-Nov-2017 - Silicon has provided enormous benefits to the power electronics industry. But performance of silicon-based power electronics is nearing maximum capacity. Enter wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors. Seen as significantly more energy-efficient, they have emerged as leading contenders in developing ...

physics boron doping
image description

Spin-current generation gets mid-IR boost with plasmonic metamaterial

12-Oct-2017 - Over the last few years, researchers have demonstrated that light can serve as a spin-current generator, creating currents of angular momentum, in optical nanostructures known as plasmonic absorbers, opening up a new branch of spintronics called opto-spintronics. Recently, researchers have begun ...

physics plasmonics absorption
image description

Probing exotic ices

12-Oct-2017 - Water is everywhere. But it's not the same everywhere. When frozen under extreme pressures and temperatures, ice takes on a range of complex crystalline structures. Many of the properties and behaviors of these exotic ices remain mysterious, but a team of researchers recently provided new ...

physics solid state physics computer simulations
Search all

These products might interest you

Limsophy

Limsophy by AAC Infotray

Optimise your laboratory processes with Limsophy LIMS

Seamless integration and process optimisation in laboratory data management

laboratory information management systems
View product
Mikroskopie-Zubehör

Mikroskopie-Zubehör by AHF analysentechnik

Optimize your fluorescence microscopy with premium accessories

Discover next generation optical filters and LED light sources

microscopy accessories
View product
Show all physics
Haven't found the right news yet?

The chemeurope.com news search

Start your targeted search now with a wide range of filter options. Our database includes an archive of 27,083 chemistry news from business and science, which you can search by topic and organization, filtered by time and geography.

Start news search now