They then added a layer of graphene in order to apply an electric voltage with which
the density of electrons in the material could be controlled.
Not exact matches
Further, by being able to precisely measure
electron density, it will now be possible to clarify through computer simulation the important behaviors
of active ion species that play important roles
in their interaction with living organisms and
materials hazardous to the environment.
As the
electron density outside the quantum point contact is increased, the
material becomes superconducting and the transmission
of Cooper pairs — the particles that comprise a superconducting current — through the constriction was also studied
in this work.
«By modelling experimental synchrotron data and comparing it with
density functional theory calculations, we revealed surprising information about the nature
of the
electron sharing between layers
in these
materials.»
The combination
of the high
electron density and potent
electron interactions are not seen
in other
materials and the quantum regime enforced by the tight passageway, might here be engendering some new kind
of electron transport.
«Normally
in a metal like silver or copper or gold, the
density of electrons in that metal is fixed; it's just a property
of the
material,» Atwater says.
By adjusting various parameters — such as the
density of conduction
electrons in the
material or the strength
of the DC electric field — it is possible to tune the cutoff wavenumber and, consequently, the frequency
of the resulting terahertz radiation.
Because
of the huge mass /
density difference
of the two
materials, this pairing provides maximum contrast
in the
electron microscope and delineation was easily distinguishable between the particle core and shell.