Not exact matches
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 head of Bell Labs»
solid -
state physics group, he had been the intellectual driving force behind the transistor, yet Bardeen...
This type of material is of particular interest for the field of
solid state physics: their electrons can not be described
as separate from one another; they are strongly interconnected and it is precisely this that lends them extraordinary properties, from high - temperature superconductivity through to new kinds of phase transitions.
Two years ago, Prof. Andrei Pimenov and his team at the Institute of
Solid State Physics of TU Vienna, together with a research group from the University of Würzburg, managed to achieve a massive Faraday effect
as they passed light through special mercury telluride platelets and applied a magnetic field.
Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied
Solid State Physics IAF, the University of Stuttgart, and the Max Planck Institute for
Solid State Research are developing highly sensitive diamond probes
as a basis for novel quantum sensors.
Famously described
as «the deepest problem in
solid state physics» by Nobel Laureate, Philip Andersen, the glass transition, by which a liquid transforms into a
solid without freezing, is shedding its mystique.
Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society MA Defence Studies (2002)(King's College London) Royal Navy's Hydrographic Surveying Course (1996)(IHO Cat B Surveyor) Royal Navy's Meteorological and Oceanographic Officer's Qualifying Course (1992)(Now recognised
as PGDip in Applied Meteorology and Oceanography and fulfilling RMetS requirements for CMet BSc Applied
Physics and
Solid State Electronics (Heriot Watt)(1989) A Levels,
Physics, Maths, French, General Studies
I also have a more than passing interest in
physics and many years ago spent a couple of years
as a research assistant in a
solid state lab automating experiments.
As a result, it is probably the only political consulting firm whose employee bios delineate sub-disciplines within the hard sciences, separating those who studied astrophysics from theoretical
physics, condensed matter
physics, theoretical
solid state physics.