Sentences with phrase «complex oxide materials»

The ORNL study published in the journal Small demonstrates how scanning transmission electron microscopes, normally used as imaging tools, are also capable of precision sculpting of nanometer - sized 3 - D features in complex oxide materials.

It means individual nanoscale regions in complex oxide materials can behave as self - organized circuit elements, which could support new multifunctional types of computing architectures.

Researchers at Aalto University in Finland have visualized how oxygen ion migration in a complex oxide material causes the material to alter its crystal structure in a uniform and reversible fashion, prompting large modulations of electrical resistance.

The study, featured on the cover of Advanced Electronic Materials, shows that a single crystal complex oxide material, when confined to micro - and nanoscales, can act like a multi-component electrical circuit.

Not exact matches

«Harmonizing multiple quantum mechanical properties which often do not coexist together and trying to do it by design is highly complex,» states Professor Rondinelli.The application of an electric field to the oxide Ag2BiO3 changes the atomic positions and determines whether the spins are coupled in pairs (forming so - called Weyl - fermions) or separated (Rashba - splitting), and whether the material is electrically conductive or not.

The superconducting materials are ceramics composed of complex oxides of copper and other metals.

«This is the first demonstration of quasiparticle imaging and tunneling spectroscopy at individual impurity atoms in complex materials like the cuprate - oxides,» Davis adds.

Complex oxides can exhibit many interesting physical properties including magnetism, ferroelectricity, and superconductivity, and all these properties vary sensitively with the oxidation state of the material.

This behavior stems from an unusual feature of certain complex oxides called phase separation, in which tiny regions in the material exhibit vastly different electronic and magnetic properties.

To improve our understanding of the so - called «quantum properties» of materials, scientists at the TU Delft investigated thin slices of SrIrO3, a material that belongs to the family of complex oxides.

Quanxi Jia, working in the areas of superconductivity, magnetic materials and thin - films, has conducted pioneering research in complex oxide thin film growth and is a recognized leader in the field of electronic device fabrication.

The correlated behavior of itinerant electrons in these materials sets complex oxides apart from traditional semiconductors such as Si and GaAs.

Our joint theory - experiment effort has successfully identified new earth - abundant copper and manganese vanadate complex oxides that meet highly demanding requirements for photoanodes, substantially expanding the known space of such materials.

Employing a strategic combination of detailed electronic structure calculations, combinatorial materials synthesis, and both traditional and high - throughout photoelectrochemistry measurements, the JCAP team identified earth - abundant copper and manganese vanadate complex oxides that meet highly demanding requirements for photoanodes: low band gap energy, stability under highly oxidizing conditions, and valence band alignment with respect to OER.

«Epitaxial Growth and Properties of Doped Transition Metal and Complex Oxide Films,» Advanced Materials, DOI: 10.1002 / adma.200901867.