Sentences with phrase «as electrons flowed»

The researchers found that as electrons flowed out of the manganite into the neighboring nickelate, the non-magnetic nickelate suddenly became magnetic — but not in a typical way.

As the electrons flowed into the nickelate, it created a magnetization with a twisting pattern as in a helix.

Graphene is an extremely good conductor of electricity, as electrons flow through graphene with virtually no friction.

Not exact matches

On the other hand, an electron is a succession of actual occasions, and so is the flow of experience that can be identified as a human person.

As a species we've had less than a century to explore the issues of quantum physics and let me remind you that what we know for sure is that you have a computing device based upon solid state electronics and the control of the flow of electrons.

As bacteria stream through a microfluidic lattice, they synchronize and swim in patterns similar to those of electrons flowing through a magnetic material.

To do this research, the team had to overcome a hurdle that never had been cleared before: figure out a way to «watch» individual electrons as they flow through the crystals.

Now a transistor that controls the flow of atoms, rather than electrons, could be used as a model to probe the mysterious electrical property of superconductivity.

Natelson's research involves complicated electron flow through single - molecule transistors, as well as organic semiconductors — carbon - based materials that are intended to replace silicon transistors in some electronic devices.

The gold strips act as gates: A voltage applied to them stops or starts the flow of electrons through the main nanowire with an unprecedented combination of speed and precision.

Electrons zing through the stuff in an unusual way, and they flow so easily that graphene could someday replace silicon and other semiconductors as the material of choice for microchips.

In that case, the electrons can flow in only a few quantum channels that close one by one as the magnetic field increases.

If you then apply a strong vertical magnetic field, the flowing electrons will experience a sideways shove that will cause them to crowd to the side of the bar as they go so that a voltage develops across the width of the bar too.

Ordinarily, electrons flowing in a metal lose energy as they ricochet off defects in crystalline material.

Subsystem interacts with subsystem as electrons surge and flow through microchips that operate according to the dictates of semiconductor physics.

As a read head moves above bits of magnetic data, changes in the magnetic orientation of those bits alter the electrical resistance of electrons flowing through the sensor, translating the magnetic data into a stream of electrical pulses.

In this configuration the lead forms «islands» below the graphene and the electrons of this two - dimensional material behave as if in the presence of a colossal 80 - tesla magnetic field, which facilitates the selective control of the flow of spins.

Many people picture electrical conductivity as the flow of charged particles (mainly electrons) without really thinking about the atomic structure of the material through which those charges are moving.

As they are transported through quantum dots, for example, the current flow is specifically blocked so that the electrons appear individually.

Last year, along with researchers led by Brookhaven / Columbia University School of Engineering physicist Simon Billinge, the team established the first firm link between the disappearance of the density wave within the pseudogap phase and the emergence, as stated by Davis, of «universally free - flowing electrons needed for unrestricted superconductivity» [see: https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=11637].

A tiny current flows nevertheless, as there is a slight probability that electrons «tunnel» from the pointed tip into the sample.

But subsequent scans taken as more charge carriers were added revealed that the static pattern disappeared and electrons began to flow freely in all directions at exactly the same level of doping — close to the point at which the most robust superconductivity sets in.

In so - called Mott insulators for example, a class of materials now being intensively researched, the electrons ought to flow freely and the materials should therefore be able to conduct electricity as well as metals.

Of course, freeing electrons in a copper - oxide insulator to get superconducting current flowing for useful applications won't be quite as easy as melting ice to get liquid water or removing pieces from a chessboard.

This is the idea that microscopic phenomena, such as the motion of an electron through an electromagnetic field, would look the same regardless of whether time were flowing forward or backward.

Scientists at Princeton University have shown that negatively charged particles known as electrons can flow extremely rapidly due to quantum behaviors in a type of material known as a topological Dirac semi-metal.

This suggests that the electrons flowing through the tiny passage have their spin degree of freedom broken, just as electrons in a ferromagnet don't have the freedom to point in any direction but are lined up in a coordinated way.

While the negative electrons flow out as usable current, the positive protons are drawn to the cathode, where they recombine with returning electrons and oxygen to produce water.

They capture the light and inject electrons as free charges carriers into the TiO2 resulting in current flow.

Flowing electrons can be taken logically as a «1,» but if they don't flow the transistor reads «0.»

As photons of light pass into the semiconductor regions of the solar cells, they knock off electrons from the atoms, allowing electricity to flow freely, creating a current.

For example, while one layer of this new kind of superlattice can allow a fast flow of electrons through it, the other type of layer can act as an insulator.

«We have called it a gate sensor because, as well as detecting the movement of individual electrons, the device is able to control its flow as if it were an electronic gate which opens and closes,» explains González Zalba.

The flow of electrons from one layer to the other can then be harnessed to do work as the cell is discharged, in the same way that a normal battery works.

Super-complexes, able to specifically perform linear or cyclic photosynthetic electron flow have been identified, and all contain the enzyme ferredoxin NADP + reductase (FNR), which is also present as a soluble protein.

This behavior of helium is of great interest because electrons in a superconductor also behave as a superfluid, flowing without resistance from the atoms in the conductor.

As the bacteria eat, they release electrons that flow from an electrode buried in the sediment to one closer to the surface, generating electricity.

We found that along the way, there is another molecule that acts as a bridge to speed the electron flow, and in this way, the long route actually takes less time.»

For example, one layer could allow a fast flow of electrons through it, while the other type of layer could act as an insulator.

As the electrons travel from the anode to the cathode, silver ions are drawn from the anode and thus deposited into the body along the lines of current flow.

Included with clear directions for students and teachers as well as supporting documents and worksheets, this mini investigation allows students to discover concepts of flow of electrons, conductors, insulators, circuits and so much more!

As I mentioned above, this is not hard to understand if you look at heat transport as a diffusion phenomenon, i.e., as flow in accordance with the laws of probability from a region characterized by a higher concentration (of fast molecules or fast electrons) to one with a lower concentratioAs I mentioned above, this is not hard to understand if you look at heat transport as a diffusion phenomenon, i.e., as flow in accordance with the laws of probability from a region characterized by a higher concentration (of fast molecules or fast electrons) to one with a lower concentratioas a diffusion phenomenon, i.e., as flow in accordance with the laws of probability from a region characterized by a higher concentration (of fast molecules or fast electrons) to one with a lower concentratioas flow in accordance with the laws of probability from a region characterized by a higher concentration (of fast molecules or fast electrons) to one with a lower concentration.

One can imagine a flow of electrons having a physical effect on another computer, and there have been efforts in the US to characterize sending unwanted messages to a computer as trespass to chattels.