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Reducing Conducting Thin Film Surface Roughness for Electronics

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 7, 2017 — Surface roughness reduction is a really big deal when it comes to fundamental surface physics and while fabricating electronic and optical […]

Synchrotron Sheds (X-ray) Light on Carbon Chemistry at Ocean Surfaces

WASHINGTON D.C., March 7, 2017 — Nature’s carbonate system, the dynamic chemistry involving carbon dioxide (CO2), carbonate (CO32-), bicarbonate (HCO3–), and carbonic acid (H2CO3), is a vital […]

Magnetic Fields at the Crossroads

WASHINGTON D.C., March 7, 2017 — From compasses used in ancient overseas navigation to electrical motors, sensors, and actuators in cars, magnetic materials have been a mainstay […]

Going Glassy: Revealing Structure and Dynamics of Glassy Polymers During Transition

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 7, 2017 — Glasses are not, perhaps surprisingly, technically solid in a crystalized form, but are substances frozen in a liquidlike structure. Many fundamental […]

Optical generation of ultrasound via photoacoustic effect

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 28, 2017 — Limitations of the piezoelectric array technologies conventionally used for ultrasonics inspired a group of University College London researchers to explore an […]

Breakthrough Research for Testing and Arranging Vertical Axis Wind Turbines

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 28, 2017 — The sight of propeller-like rotating blades positioned high up the pole of a tall horizontal-axis wind turbine (HAWT) may be familiar […]

Exploring the Mysteries of Supercooled Water

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 28, 2017 — There are few things more central to life on earth than water. It dominates the physical landscape, covering much of the […]

Understanding ‘Glass Relaxation’ and Why It’s Important for Next-Generation Displays

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 21, 2017 — Next-generation displays will feature increased resolution and performance, but getting there will require a shift to smaller individual pixel sizes and […]

Extending VCSEL wavelength coverage to the mid-infrared

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 14, 2017 — Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) are small, semiconductor-based lasers that emit optical beams from their top surface, and one of their main […]